It caps a three-decade run for the blockbuster series.    From Wordnik.com.  [Merchandising for a Now-Older 'Star Wars' Crowd] Reference

Close to 100,000 people died in this three-decade long battle.    From Wordnik.com.  [Jim Luce: In Sri Lanka: A Poem of Commemoration] Reference

He ` s got a three-decade history of saying things just like this.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Apr 11, 2007] Reference

Mr. Holt is 58 and a three-decade member of the U.S. Army Reserves.    From Wordnik.com.  [Bare-Legged Ladies: Hosiery] Reference

LEMON: You know this is a three-decade long cat-and-mouse game with International Police.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Sep 27, 2009] Reference

The Lucky Country eliminated government debt and enjoyed unemployment at three-decade lows.    From Wordnik.com.  [Neo-Liberalism Down Under] Reference

It is based on a three-decade old case that is all but dead except for a minor technicality.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Sep 30, 2009] Reference

Whether he took the name from the song or not, his three-decade story follows a Bollywood arc.    From Wordnik.com.  [Fictitious Truth] Reference

But part of me resents having to jump through hoops to have my three-decade marriage recognized.    From Wordnik.com.  [Annette, two mommies, and me] Reference

One other problem, though: reports out today show housing starts plunging to a three-decade low.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Jan 17, 2008] Reference

The last Syrian troops and intelligence agents today quit Lebanon after a three-decade occupation.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Apr 26, 2005] Reference

One other problem, though -- reports out today show housing starts plunging to a three-decade low.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Jan 17, 2008] Reference

The index fell to a three-decade low of 55.3 in November after credit markets froze and stocks tumbled.    From Wordnik.com.  [Consumer Confidence] Reference

The main focus of the nearly three-decade old organization is political, social and economic development.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Aug 18, 2007] Reference

Mr. Cox shunned the spotlight throughout a three-decade tenure but gave Mr. Jennings access to the program.    From Wordnik.com.  [Trouble On and Off the Gridiron] Reference

One place to start is a company that has a three-decade obsession with the science and art of bike fitting.    From Wordnik.com.  [John Positano: Cycling Comes of Age as New High-Tech Approach Offers Greater Comfort] Reference

Yes, Americans love an underdog, especially a millionaire underdog with a three-decade career as a DC insider.    From Wordnik.com.  [Shake Up At Top Of McCain Campaign] Reference

Zarrella came to Detroit with the promise of turning around GM's three-decade decline in the American auto market.    From Wordnik.com.  [Another Auto Exec Heads For The Hills] Reference

The Taliban and a three-decade of war have drastically altered the traditional power structure in Afghan villages.    From Wordnik.com.  [Ehsan Azari Stanizai: The US Must Capture the Heart of the Afghans] Reference

In that role Mr. Friedman, a three-decade veteran of the firm, had a front-row seat to the events of Bear's demise.    From Wordnik.com.  [Diary of a Bear Stearns Executive] Reference

Thus, the bottom 80% of the labor force captured only 26.3% of all the gains in income over this three-decade period.    From Wordnik.com.  [Robert E. Scott: Tide Turning on China Currency: Opponents Recycling Tired Arguments] Reference

This month glam rock legend David Bowie has a three-disc collection of music from his entire flamboyant three-decade career.    From Wordnik.com.  ['David Bowie: Platinum Collection'] Reference

Her three-decade career on the public stage has produced countless examples of Clinton sprouting a flower in a pile of manure.    From Wordnik.com.  [Hillary Clinton] Reference

Congressional Fleet The congressional trips are possible thanks in part to an unlimited fund created by a three-decade old law.    From Wordnik.com.  [Congress's Travel Tab Swells] Reference

The three-decade rally in bonds, the securities that made Gross famous, will eventually fizzle out, according to Pimco's outlook.    From Wordnik.com.  [Bond giant Pimco taking another shot at equities, driven by belief in 'new normal'] Reference

It was a three-decade cat-and-mouse game with International Police but fugitive filmmaker Roman Polanski is finally under arrest.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Sep 27, 2009] Reference

Sri Lanka, with a population of 20 million, emerged from a three-decade civil war in May 2009 with the defeat of the Tamil Tigers.    From Wordnik.com.  [Sri Lanka Sees Opportunity As China Costs Rise] Reference

Gold prices have also been on the march, climbing to near three-decade highs, and they also rallied strongly after the Fed's move.    From Wordnik.com.  [Stocks Advance on Fed Rate Cut] Reference

What the three-decade conflict at the Dorchester House says about the state of rent control and tenant relations in the city (Post).    From Wordnik.com.  [DeMorning DeBonis: Sept. 22, 2010] Reference

The severe recession and the economic turmoil we are facing are, at heart, a logical outcome of a three-decade long wage depression.    From Wordnik.com.  [Jonathan Tasini: Memo To Business: Only Unions Will Save Your Bottom Line] Reference

During his three-decade career, David Mamet, 60, has been an anomaly in Hollywood: a dramaturge whose scripts are the main attraction.    From Wordnik.com.  [Proust Questionnaire: David Mamet] Reference

Bossnappings were prevalent in the 1970s, when the three-decade postwar boom was interrupted by the oil shocks and an economic downturn.    From Wordnik.com.  [Sure, Kidnap the Man] Reference

Ms. Resnick, 56 years old and a single mother of two teenagers, has scratched out a three-decade career as a film and television writer.    From Wordnik.com.  [Take This Job and Sing It] Reference

Between 2002 and 2007, growth accelerated to a three-decade high of 7.4%, but the global financial crisis brought it to a screeching halt.    From Wordnik.com.  [Economy, Not Security, Is Key Colombia Issue] Reference

They also weakened the right-wing Bharatiya Janata Party and trounced the Communists, whose seats in parliament are at a three-decade low.    From Wordnik.com.  [The U.S.-India Moment] Reference

Only because things have been so deplorable in Zimbabwe during Mr. Mugabe's three-decade reign can this be considered even scant progress.    From Wordnik.com.  [Not-Yet-After Mugabe] Reference

The inspector general's review began shortly after Rolling Stone published the article that torpedoed McChrystal's three-decade Army career.    From Wordnik.com.  [Michael Hastings, Reporter Whose Rolling Stone Article Felled McChrystal, Denied Afghan Embed] Reference

How is making one more symbolic gesture -- and a recycled, three-decade old symbolic gesture at that -- going to change the political dynamic?.    From Wordnik.com.  [Bill Scher: Way Past Time for Symbolism on Climate Crisis] Reference

The uprising included several Special Operations officers who had earned decorations in the three-decade war against Muslim rebels in the south.    From Wordnik.com.  [A NEW STORM OF TROUBLE IN MANILA] Reference