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  • And, for sure, you can see why Democrats and Obama supporters would be mad with frustration and bitterness. 59 votes in the Senate is a long-way short of 60.

    Massachusetts Meltdown 2010

  • And, for sure, you can see why Democrats and Obama supporters would be mad with frustration and bitterness. 59 votes in the Senate is a long-way short of 60.

    Massachusetts Meltdown 2010

  • And, for sure, you can see why Democrats and Obama supporters would be mad with frustration and bitterness. 59 votes in the Senate is a long-way short of 60.

    Giving evidence to the Chilcot inquiry, Tony Blair said: “I... 2010

  • However, he added that final data suggested "the downturn in employment accelerated slightly towards month-end, implying that we remain a long-way off job-market stabilization."

    Decline in Europe's Manufacturing Slows 2009

  • This will go a long-way in alleviating poverty in these particular areas.

    Speech by Mziwamadoda Kalako during the budget vote debate on Environmental Affairs and Tourism 2008

  • Arctic means production is a long-way off, he continued.

    Yahoo! News: Business - Opinion 2011

  • An archaeological zone deep in a Guatemalan rainforest that acts as a window into a civilization long since past is, indeed, a long-way from a colorful cartoon mascot for a sugary children's cereal.

    FOXNews.com foxnewsonline@foxnews.com 2011

  • True, one day, we may see inflation, but we have a long-way before we get there.

    Forbes.com: News Panos Mourdoukoutas 2011

  • True, one day, we may see inflation, but we have a long-way before we get there.

    Forbes.com: News Panos Mourdoukoutas 2011

  • When I was a kid, climate change, though discussed, was a long-way off-a hundred years maybe-but it has come faster and fiercer than most researchers expected, and the on-the-ground changes are becoming increasingly visible even to non-scientists.

    Mongabay.com News Jeremy Hance 2010

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