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Cuomo said that he has unearthed what he calls a longtime Albany secret that quietly and drastically increases spending in a flawed budget process.    From Wordnik.com.  [Kansas City Star: Front Page] Reference

After each fight, he calls his longtime girlfriend.    From Wordnik.com.  [Britain's Biggest Loser Fights] Reference

In 2006 elections, the Haitian masses voted in longtime Aristide ally René Préval as president.    From Wordnik.com.  [Think Progress » Chavez Attacks U.S. Efforts In Haiti: ‘They Are Occupying Haiti Undercover’] Reference

Working with Robinson, whom he described as a longtime competitor and a close friend, was a thrill.    From Wordnik.com.  [Brandon Sun Online - Top Stories] Reference

Drayman said he had been referred to National Fire by an ADI manager, Khachik Zargarian, whom he identified as a longtime friend.    From Wordnik.com.  [latimes.com - News] Reference

It's the term a longtime senior Israeli defense adviser used in a conversation with me a few months ago:  a military effort to crush Palestinian resistance for a generation.    From Wordnik.com.  [Israel's Endgame] Reference

One of the worst calls longtime referee "Big" John.    From Wordnik.com.  [Bloody Elbow] Reference

He is perhaps best known as the longtime co-host of.    From Wordnik.com.  [WTOP / Business / Biz Stories] Reference

He just stopped himself from calling his longtime friend.    From Wordnik.com.  [STRANGE NEW WORLDS 10] Reference

Iraq's interim prime minister called longtime CIA source.    From Wordnik.com.  [Monday, September 06, 2004] Reference

He is perhaps best known as the longtime co-host of mobile.    From Wordnik.com.  [WTOP / Business / Biz Stories] Reference

"We didn't have a care in the world that morning," recalls a longtime employee.    From Wordnik.com.  ['Madoff with the Money'] Reference

Two colleagues recall the longtime Pratt Institute professor and designer of.    From Wordnik.com.  [Archpaper.com - News Channel] Reference

He is perhaps best known as the longtime co-host of CNN's "Crossfire" from 1980 to 2005.    From Wordnik.com.  [The State Journal-Register Home RSS] Reference

Voters will decide Tuesday, in a special election, whether to recall the longtime mayor.    From Wordnik.com. Reference

On March 18, Randolph called his longtime friend Craig Miller to tell him about his new job.    From Wordnik.com.  [Home] Reference

But he is also known as a longtime supporter of efforts to liberalize the nation's drug laws.    From Wordnik.com.  [Summit Daily News - Top Stories] Reference

Rebecca Mead, whom I am proud to call a longtime friend, is a staff writer for the New Yorker.    From Wordnik.com.  [2007 May - Freakonomics Blog - NYTimes.com] Reference

The senator "was as devastated as any parent would be," recalls his longtime aide Melody Miller.    From Wordnik.com.  [Boston.com Most Popular] Reference

"She didn't want to skate," recalled longtime family friend and Ocalan Diane Miller with a laugh.    From Wordnik.com.  [Local News from Star-Banner] Reference

At his campaign launch Giambrone was accompanied by McQuarrie, described as his longtime partner.    From Wordnik.com.  [CBC | Top Stories News] Reference

Takei called his longtime partner an "organized, detail-obsessed, punctuality-driven control freak.".    From Wordnik.com.  [Celebrity Mound] Reference

This was back in the mid-1950s, recalled a longtime businessman in town who did not want to be identified.    From Wordnik.com.  [RSS Feed] Reference

The building at 340 University Ave. is an 86-year-old structure best known as the longtime home of Liddicoat's grocery.    From Wordnik.com.  [ShoppingBlog.com] Reference

Phelps called longtime coach Bob Bowman on March 1 -- Bowman remembers the day vividly -- and said simply, "I'm doing it.".    From Wordnik.com.  [HeraldNet.com Local, Sports, Business and Entertainment News] Reference

But when several people at the hearing called to tell her of what had happened, she called her longtime editor, Eric Newill.    From Wordnik.com.  [Gerald Posner: Can a Journalist Have a Different Opinion than Her Publisher?] Reference

By the time of his death, he was best known as a longtime senior news analyst and liberal commentator on National Public Radio.    From Wordnik.com.  [chron.com Chronicle] Reference

So after some thinking back and forth, we decided to call longtime Candidate Robert Witzel from Boiling Blood if he´d help us out.    From Wordnik.com.  [Metal Underground.com] Reference

In many ways, his transition from a senior government post to an advisory role at Citigroup recalls his longtime mentor, Mr. Rubin.    From Wordnik.com.  [NYT > Home Page] Reference

"The Macintosh was like this string hanging down from the future," recalled longtime Silicon Valley technology forecaster Paul Saffo.    From Wordnik.com.  [Business - BostonHerald.com] Reference

Assistant U.S. Attorney Glenn Kirschner called longtime burglary expert and former D.C. police officer David W. Sargent to the stand.    From Wordnik.com.  [Trial looks at knife allegedly used in Wone death] Reference

Ultimately, Reznor dismissed the original NIN lineup, only to recall longtime roommate/high school pal Vrenna more than a year later.    From Wordnik.com.  [General Galtieri's Case] Reference

"Gene never failed to begin his stories with, 'That reminds me of the time …,'" recalled his longtime friend John Parker with a laugh.    From Wordnik.com.  [chicagotribune.com -] Reference

"But before accepting, he called longtime friend and former adviser Stuart Eizenstat, a member of Brandeis's Board of Trustees, for advice.    From Wordnik.com.  [Alan Dershowitz: Jimmy Carter is a Liar: Former President Caught in Yet Another Lie] Reference

ANDERSON: Bacon ` s Web site links people to his famous pals, and their causes, such as longtime friend and actor Bradley Whitford.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Jan 25, 2007] Reference