1.  Although his wife, who was raised in the Bronx, says she has been begging to leave the borough for years, Guillet says they will retire here.

2.  Any remaining amounts, however large, will not be available until the banks' assets have been sold off, perhaps years from now.

3.  Any serious tax overhaul, Kemp said, must also help the working poor, a theme he has pursued for years.

4.  Any talk of an economic downturn has bypassed the village, where the Sharon Springs Chamber of Commerce is 78 members (its highest total in years).

5.  Cuevas works as a dispatcher at the recycling company, after leaving college a number of years ago to get married.

6.  Cuisinart brought food processors to the forefront years ago and its seven-cup model remains a favorite.

7.  Deidra Everett's personal trials fit into a picture that scholars and advocates have been building for years.

8.  Del Toro played Fred Fenster, a con man with cool threads and the most marvelously slurry voice anyone had heard (or misheard) in years.

9.  Designer Hannant, calm under the circumstances, says he and Hughes have been friends for years.

10.  Desperate people with incurable diseases beseech the company for treatments, though none will be ready for years.