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Joe Torre has a way of dealing with these things, so we don't expect this to be a festering issue down the road.— Fanball Fantasy Football News - Newsbreakers
Sen. Richard Shelby of Alabama, the top Republican on the committee, said the plan "only codifies Treasury's ad hoc approach" to long-festering issues that have beset financial markets and said he feared it would waste taxpayers 'money.— China Post Online - Taiwan , News , Taiwan newspaper
These long-festering intercept concerns have now pushed Crab Crewmember concerns into the waiting basket; so we'll be writing more about that, soon.— Dennis Zaki Blog - AlaskaReport
He requested help for the festering wound, and was escorted by the crew to the ship's sickbay for treatment.
A group of neighbors has taken steps to block an expansion of the York County landfill, a move that adds a new layer of conflict to a long-festering dispute.— The Herald | HeraldOnline.com - Front

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