1.   And in recent years they have been willing to give up draft picks to trade for someone they really wanted.

2.   As in one more year.

3.   As in years past the White House has begun rolling out proposals, one by one, leading to up the annual address.

4.   As in years.

5.   Best in years.

6.   After seeing friends die from cancer, one type or another in recent years and months, you count yourself very lucky at every little milestone.

7.   All of the buildup has given an air of excitement to a gubernatorial speech and budget that in recent years has been predictable.

8.   But not in recent years.

9.   But suppose that in succeeding years, the national debt were paid off and the government even ran a surplus.

10.   Geraldine Wright, overworked and underrested, had had a few in recent years.