years-long

• “Current estimates are low but it's anyone's guess what will happen once the economy recovers, which I certainly hope it will before this years-long project is complete.”

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• “A New Jersey man who went by "Devilfish" as he sent threatening e-mails to employees at the D. C.-based headquarters of the National Council of La Raza and other Latino civil rights groups pleaded guilty Wednesday to his years-long campaign, federal prosecutors said.”

  The Washington Post: Guilty plea for e-mail threat sender

• “He is not the new voice he pretends to be, but is the product of a slick, secret, years-long marketing campaign.”

  The Washington Post: Email: The Truth About Patrick Haddon

• “CVS Caremark Corp. dodged a bullet after a years-long federal investigation, agreeing to a $5 million settlement that didn't require major changes to the company's practices.”

  The Wall Street Journal: CVS Settles Deceptive Pricing Charges

• “Pemex, one of the world's biggest oil companies, was left out in the cold on Tuesday when Repsol ended a years-long battle with Sacyr Vallehermoso SA, its biggest shareholder.”

  The Wall Street Journal: Failed Coup at Repsol Backfires on Mexico's Pemex

• “Kathryn Wright Strand noted that her brother-in-law's years-long unemployment is "tough on the whole family.”

  The Wall Street Journal: Tales from the Job Market Trenches

• “A study released last week by security firm McAfee showed that dozens of government entities, major companies and nonprofits around the world were the victims of a massive, years-long cyber-attack effort.”

  The Wall Street Journal: Hong Kong Exchange Website Hacked

• “After a court ordered the government to either enforce the law or change it, a years-long fight in Congress ensued.”

  The Washington Post: George 'Elfie' Ballis, 85, who photographed struggle of Cesar Chavez and migrant farmworkers, dies

• “WASHINGTON—The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is close to granting three permits to Royal Dutch Shell PLC for Alaska coast drilling, marking a milestone in the company's years-long effort to extract oil in the Arctic.”

  The Wall Street Journal: Shell Poised to Get Alaska Permits

• “The Obama administration wants to allow the office to retain its fees to help the agency tackle a years-long backlog of patent applications.”

  The Wall Street Journal: House Republicans Threaten Patent Bill

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