The two rows of oars on either side of the long-delayed galley were in motion.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Saracen: Land of the Infidel] Reference

The marriage serves as a long-delayed industry reaction to the Delta-Northwest merger.    From Wordnik.com.  [U.S. Approves Big Airline Deal] Reference

Perhaps there he can finally focus on his long-delayed novel about his high-school years.    From Wordnik.com.  [Escaping From the O.C.] Reference

Steve Tarlac gave in, letting loneliness and detachment melt out of him in long-delayed tears.    From Wordnik.com.  [Fearful Symmetry A Terran Empire novel] Reference

It was a long-delayed kindness and yet Esther has very nobly repaid us; for it seems that when Herr.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Camp Fire Girls in the Outside World] Reference

Perhaps oil prices will drop when some long-delayed projects begin production or if demand slackens.    From Wordnik.com.  [Drilling for Answers] Reference

Miramax, professing ignorance of DreamWorks 'plans, put its long-delayed "Gangs" on the identical date.    From Wordnik.com.  [Newsmakers] Reference

Mikhail Gorbachev is seeking Western aid - and the long-delayed Moscow summit meeting could help promote his cause.    From Wordnik.com.  [Arms Control: From Start To Finish] Reference

President Obama said as he congratulated the former comedian on his long-delayed and court-reviewed election victory.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Mind of Al Franken] Reference

Jim wisely backed himself up with a couple of allies in thus undertaking to give his enemy that long-delayed whipping.    From Wordnik.com.  [Darry the Life Saver The Heroes of the Coast] Reference

Last week the long-delayed Communist Party Central Committee plenum began to discuss the country's next Five Year Plan.    From Wordnik.com.  [In China, A Missing Leader Reappears] Reference

And Microsoft has finally released an early Beta version (for developers only) of its long-delayed new version of Windows.    From Wordnik.com.  [MICROSOFT'S PLAN: VISTAS FOR EVERYONE] Reference

Most of the more than 140 Boeing instructor pilots certified to fly the long-delayed jet have trained only on a simulator.    From Wordnik.com.  [Boeing 787 Training Takes Virtual Path] Reference

Sam Shepard will be off-Broadway offering "Simpatico," a long-delayed play about lovers, con artists and the Kentucky Derby.    From Wordnik.com.  [We're All For Fall] Reference

A long-delayed bill would increase the tax rate on the 20-percent share of profits that private equity firms charge clients.    From Wordnik.com.  [Steven Schwarzman: Obama Administration's Tax Proposals Are Like 'When Hitler Invaded Poland'] Reference

Last week authorities made a long-delayed sweep of private dealers 'Egyptian storerooms, seizing items discovered since 1983.    From Wordnik.com.  [Tomb Raiders, Beware!] Reference

Control of the disputed areas is supposed to be sorted out in a long-delayed and faltering process of negotiations and referenda.    From Wordnik.com.  [One Step Backward, Two Steps Forward] Reference

Suspecting that early deprivation might have long-delayed consequences, he gathered data on 16,000 Britons born between 1911 and 1930.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Heart Attackers] Reference

Now, only months after long-delayed negotiations finally began, support for the EU has slipped to just 43 percent, and is falling fast.    From Wordnik.com.  [Second Thoughts] Reference

Denis Quirk had called the nurse and left her in charge, he hastened to the nearest telephone exchange and sent the long-delayed message to.    From Wordnik.com.  [Grey Town An Australian Story] Reference

Air passengers increasingly, and justifiably, complain about long-delayed flights, shabby, jampacked planes and harried or surly attendants.    From Wordnik.com.  ['I Put My Trust In God'] Reference

Some long-delayed mail had been forwarded from the nearest place of civilization and there were letters for all, including several for our hero.    From Wordnik.com.  [Tom Swift in the Land of Wonders, or, the Underground Search for the Idol of Gold] Reference

Thailand's long-delayed auction of 3G mobile licenses was thrown into further doubt Thursday after a court upheld an injunction against the plan.    From Wordnik.com.  [Morning briefing: French workers strike over retirement age hike plan] Reference

The long-delayed 3G-service license auction has made Thailand among the last countries in Southeast Asia to fully deploy advanced wireless technology.    From Wordnik.com.  [Thai Court Stalls 3G-License Auction] Reference

The long-delayed 3G service license auction has made Thailand among the last countries in Southeast Asia to fully deploy advanced wireless technology.    From Wordnik.com.  [Thai Telecom Regulator Appeals 3G Injunction] Reference

Some Israelis think they can work out a deal to satisfy the EU, perhaps in tandem with the long-delayed second step of Israel's withdrawal from West Bank areas.    From Wordnik.com.  [Breaking Through] Reference

Small time now for the long-delayed placing of his symphony: for the completion of the concert overture and the tone-poem already forming in his active brain!.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Genius] Reference

In his long-delayed speech accepting the 1990 Nobel Peace Prize, Gorbachev linked prospects for "a new world order" directly to success in Soviet economic reform.    From Wordnik.com.  [How To Help Gorbachev] Reference

Its maritime fleet is aging, and a long-delayed fleet - modernization plan has suffered design flaws and cost overruns; it is now under Justice Department scrutiny.    From Wordnik.com.  [Oil spill shows difficulty the Coast Guard faces as it balances traditional tasks with post-9/11 missions] Reference

It was in such a frame of mind, and with a growing eagerness for the day when he might start for home to claim his reward, that he received her long-delayed letter.    From Wordnik.com.  ['Smiles' A Rose of the Cumberlands] Reference

A sharp, long-delayed touch of winter had crept into the air the night before, and set his toes to tingling as he drew his blue, knitted stocking cap further over his ears.    From Wordnik.com.  [A Son of the City A Story of Boy Life] Reference

Although CDU supporters claim that a victorious Kohl might finally push through a long-delayed tax-reform package to stimulate the economy, very few believe he would do more.    From Wordnik.com.  [As Lower Saxony Goes . . .?] Reference

A long-delayed U.N. report on challenges facing the Arab world will be unveiled next month, diplomats say, with language condemning the U.S. and Israeli occupation of Arab lands -- despite objections from Washington.    From Wordnik.com.  [Periscope] Reference