I seem to recall from school history lessons that this very issue kicked off certain events in the not-so-distant past.

Fingering the knit, she thought of a time in the not-so-distant past when she'd have spent three times more without blinking.

It was the first time the not-so-distant past had rushed up to him demanding attention.

And in the process, they seem to be revisiting triumphs of the not-so-distant past.

But remembering the not-so-distant painful past, some are not so sanguine.

In the not-so-distant past, a 15 percent drop in a stock was something to be concerned about.

In the not-so-distant past, women were urged to cut down on or even avoid exercise during pregnancy.

The college players drafted by the Giants in the not-so-distant past are best remembered for their football failures.

That would have been extremely tough to do in the not-so-distant past.

In the not-so-distant past, he noted, artists often had to narrow their vision of game worlds and characters.