Last year, at 26, Thompson finally broke Meagher's long-standing record. From Wordnik.com. [Grannies Of The Games] Reference
Also, India's central bank lifted a long-standing cap on those payments. From Wordnik.com. [Will Hero Honda be Humbled by Royalty?] Reference
New Yorkers appear to have rediscovered their own long-standing tolerance. From Wordnik.com. [Philip Smucker: Drink, Pray, Love: New Yorkers and Pacific Islanders Eschew Interference in Favor of Tolerance.] Reference
Breakdowns in the immigration system are "everywhere and long-standing," she says. From Wordnik.com. [An Ounce of Prevention] Reference
In fact it is tax cuts that are theft because they break a long-standing contract. From Wordnik.com. [Dave Johnson: Tax Cuts Are Theft] Reference
The Obama administration just flip-flopped on a long-standing Barack Obama promise. From Wordnik.com. [The Biggest Tax Increase In U.S. History?] Reference
First Pepper claimed he had located the mysterious Raoul, Ray's long-standing alibi. From Wordnik.com. [The Truth About Memphis] Reference
Northern Trust has had a long-standing, successful focus on first growing organically. From Wordnik.com. [Keeping Your 'Sleep At Night' Money Safe] Reference
There's been a long-standing relationship between me and individual members of the Green Party. From Wordnik.com. [McKinney Goes Green] Reference
Democrats need to fight their long-standing allies on this, or lose any credibility on school reform. From Wordnik.com. [Between The Lines Online: America Still Hates Vouchers] Reference
For instance, today's market visionary confronts a long-standing restriction against cross-ownership. From Wordnik.com. [Brink Of A Revolution] Reference
Bilski decision weakened the federal circuit's long-standing guidelines without offering improvements. From Wordnik.com. [Software Isn't a Special Patent Case] Reference
The proposed constitution is designed to redress long-standing imbalances of power among Kenya's tribes. From Wordnik.com. [Kenyan voters approve new constitution] Reference
The proposed new constitution is designed to redress long-standing imbalances of power among Kenya's tribes. From Wordnik.com. [Kenya votes on new constitution amid high security] Reference
Some of the fears expose long-standing weaknesses in traditional IT practices, while others are new to the cloud. From Wordnik.com. [Overcoming Fear Of The Cloud] Reference
Trippi's account of his running joke with the candidate might be the long-standing strategy of the Edwards campaign. From Wordnik.com. [The Recovery Strategy] Reference
Yet there is one other long-standing deficiency that gets little attention but needs substantial improvement: lighting. From Wordnik.com. [Shaping the City: Let there be light (carefully) in Metro stations] Reference
Even Angolan President Jose Eduardo Dos Santos, Mugabe's long-standing ally, has begun to question his neighbor's behavior. From Wordnik.com. [Isolation Nation] Reference
(It is even conceivable that New Delhi would agree to some quiet American mediation, one of Pakistan's long-standing hopes.). From Wordnik.com. [In Praise Of Nukes (Gulp)] Reference
"There have been some long-standing concerns about Mark Penn, who runs an anti-union business inside his firm," Trbovich said. From Wordnik.com. [The Penn Effect] Reference
New York-based, enormously well-capitalized, long-standing market leader whose name is synonymous with the sector it dominates. From Wordnik.com. [If Candidates Were Stocks] Reference
White House officials have publicly downplayed the letter, which reflects Bush's long-standing unhappiness with the settlements. From Wordnik.com. [Money Talks] Reference
Judge Walker's long-standing record of being independent-minded, if not outright unpredictable, suggests he's that kind of judge. From Wordnik.com. [Steven Petrow: Attacks on Prop 8 Judge; Attacks on All LGBT People] Reference
He spoke ambiguously about whether he supported continuing the long-standing policy of "strategic ambiguity" with respect to Taiwan. From Wordnik.com. [Fishing for a Way to Change the World] Reference
But Yemen is also facing long-standing civil unrest in the north and south, as well as an increasingly deteriorating fiscal situation. From Wordnik.com. [Nicholas van Praag: The Yemen Challenge] Reference
Last week, Ney admitted to a long-standing battle with alcoholism and entered rehab, but he did not blame his legal woes on dependency. From Wordnik.com. [Ney’s Gambles] Reference
We shouldn't let Kobach and his allies scare us into thinking that long-standing sanctuary city policies threaten our laws or our lives. From Wordnik.com. [Afton Branche: Scaremongers and the Sanctuary City] Reference
Sachs continually reminds audiences of rich country's long-standing pledge to give 0.7 percent of their GDP in aid to developing countries. From Wordnik.com. [Jeffrey Sachs: Waiting For The World To Get Serious] Reference
But he acknowledges that if there is a long-standing history of this issue, management may already know about it and have chosen not to act. From Wordnik.com. [The ‘New’ Sexual Harassment] Reference
That notion -- that you could change long-standing rules by a mere majority vote -- was viewed by Senate traditionalists, old and young, as more than unacceptable. From Wordnik.com. [Living Politics: Food Fight in the Big Tent] Reference
In all 16 Latin American republics, he wrote, Washington "by its recent policies has allowed a dislike and mistrust of long-standing to grow into positive hate and fear.". From Wordnik.com. [THE PERILS OF INTERVENTIONISM] Reference
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