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from The Century Dictionary.
- In electricity, having a long are: applied to an arc-lamp which burns with the ends of the carbon rods at an abnormally great distance apart.
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Examples
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We're going to be dovetailing into more long-arc storytelling in Season 3.
Covert Affairs Bosses on the "Bittersweet" Finale and What's Next for Annie and Auggie 2011
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It did debut at the same time as other long-arc shows like Lost and Desperate Housewives, remember?
Don’t Miss: VERONICA MARS Series Finale | the TV addict 2007
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Maybe something on long-arc plotting and thematic webs in a body of work?
in which Bear realizes the Awful Troof. ashacat 2007
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Hopefully, for once, I'm in from the start on a decent long-arc tv show.
Archive 2009-09-20 2009
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Instead there's bankable talent and a credible, long-arc career.
Maverick Swedish Pop Star Reveals What Britney Could Have Been 2008
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Wired: Do you feel any connection to, or responsibility for, some of the other long-arc science fiction popular on the air now?
Read an Extended Version of Wired's Interview With Ron Moore 2008
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Have solid, relatively self-explanatory episodes that people can enjoy, but also have maybe 15 minutes or so that is devoted to developing the long-arc plot.
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Whether it caused it or not, the mass DVD purchasing phenomenon dovetailed perfectly with the shift towards long-arc stories-plots lasting multiple episodes or even whole seasons-on shows like
Ars Technica Ars Staff 2011
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Have each season revolve around a long-arc mission and all of the things that happen along the way, some of which will be serious, some of which will be goofy, all of which will offer opportunities for different tones and different points - in other words, make the show like
Forbes.com: News E.D. Kain 2011
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Even the most universally beloved, game-changing shows were acclaimed for their ambitious, long-arc ways and then lambasted for the ways they tied up loose ends.
Wired Top Stories bdagosti 2011
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