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n. 长时间；[语] 长音节；（服装的）长尺寸；长裤
adj. 长的；过长的；做多头的；长时间的；冗长的，长音
vi. 渴望；热望
adv. 长期地；始终
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When it's time to make the leap, they take action and immediately drop what's no longer serving their purpose.

There's an ancient legend that as long as these eggs are made, evil will not prevail in the world, says Joan Brander, a Canadian egg-painter who has been painting eggs for over 60 years, having learned the art from her Ukrainian relatives.

She then realized that her life no longer matched her vision for it.

People are healthy and energetic longer.

It is no longer fashionable.

It is more important to those with a longer lifespan.

It didn't take long for magazines and documentary film-makers to come to understand her total recall, and thanks to the subsequent media interest, a few dozen other subjects ( ' , including Veiseh) have since come forward and contacted the team at the University of California, Irvine.

A longer lifespan is changing the narrative structure of life itself.

Mules have strong muscles like horses; but they eat less, can work longer, and are gentler, like donkeys.

And men were in jeans, and could wear their hair long too.

to see whether people's personality affects their life span to find out if one's lifestyle has any effect on their health to investigate the role of exercise in living a long lifeto examine all the factors contributing to longevity They have a good understanding of evolution.

Whether residents felt involved in the decision to move and how long they had lived there also proved significant.

When your elderly relative needs to enter some sort of long-term care facility—a moment few parents or children approach without fear—what you would like is to have everything made clear.

When it is no longer considered a luxury.

The study shows that those living the longest are more outgoing, more active and less neurotic ( ' , 神经质的 ) than other people.

The important thing is for all of us to keep in mind the real goal and the longer, bigger picture.

The book is co-authored by Long Island University's philosophy professor Michael Soupios and economics professor Panos Mourdoukoutas.

States fail when national governments can no longer provide personal security, food security and basic social services such as education and health care.

Since industrialization, maintaining such a slow cultural metabolism has been much harder, with the long midday meal shrinking to whatever could be stuffed into a lunch bucket or bought at a food stand.

Pre-K achievements usually do not last long.

Mothers' influence on children may last longer than fathers'.

Long-living women are also more likely to be sympathetic and cooperative than women with a normal life span.

It seems to me this highlights quality issues in elementary schools more than pre-K, and indicates longer-term success must connect pre-K with all the other issues related to educating a child.

Interestingly, however, other characteristics that you might consider advantageous had no impact on whether study participants were likely to live longer.

In response to those restrictions, grain-importing countries are trying to nail down long-term trade agreements that would lock up future grain supplies.

I can no longer ignore that risk.

For many in the development community, the four objectives were seen as positive, promoting development as long as they did not cost too much.

Easy-going people can also live a relatively long life.

But what effect does your personality have on your longevity ( ' , 长寿)? Do some kinds of personalities lead to longer lives? A new study in the Journal of the American Geriatrics Society looked at this question by examining the personality characteristics of 246 children of people who had lived to be at least 100.

But the new paper suggests that if you want long life, you should strive to be as outgoing as possible.

But both studies show that long life isn't just a matter of your physical health but of your mental health.

Also, being open to new ideas had no relationship to long life, which might explain all those bad-tempered old people who are fixed in their ways.

After a point, countries can become so dangerous that food relief workers are no longer safe and their programs are halted.

A resident's satisfaction with a care facility has much to do with whether they had participated in the decision to move in and how long they had stayed there.

Long queues, delayed flights and over - crowding at airports have become almost as much a topic for conversation in Britain as the traditional complaining about the weather.

They were no longer considered necessities of life.

Companies, marketers and teachers have long looked for fun ways to engage people's reward-seeking or competitive spirits.

A gamification strategy that is not sufficiently thought through or well tailored to its players may engage people for a little while, but it will not motivate people in the long term.

This means that rivers will rise more slowly, but then stay high for much longer, the environmental agency said.

No longer does a good craftsman have to work in a job he dislikes all day and then try to create at night.

This can result in severe penalties that continue long after punishment is completed.

They sleep longer than people elsewhere.

Some of them have long been outdated.

Similarly, Americans' late nights, late mornings, and longest sleeps fall on three-day weekends.

It may not be here much longer.

Steve, can you tell me how long you’ve been a pub owner?To help ourselves and others, it’s important to know something about drugs.

"I have been bothered for a long time about the curious lack of curiosity,"said a Democratic member of the New Jersey legislature back in July, referring to an insufficiently inquiring attitude on the part of an assistant to New Jersey Governor Chris Chri

"There's an ancient legend that as long as these eggs are made, evil will not prevail in the world," says Joan Brander, a Canadian egg-painter who has been painting eggs for over 60 years, having learned the art from her Ukrainian relatives.

According to a German professor, the soreness comes from straining your muscles in an uncommon way, for example, jumping on a bicycle for a ride, because you haven't ridden in a long time.

But there's still a long way to go.

given that sustained social contacts have been shown to support health and a long life, those wishing to maximize the health value of crafts might consider joining a group of like-minded folks.

Governor's Island is a national historic landmark district long used for military purposes.

However, its new 10-year plan makes clear it believes it still has a long way to go.

I haven't been abroad for a long while.

If I call them, I'll have to have a long conversation.

In the center of the main road, there's a long line of flags of the world.

It didn't take long for magazines and documentary filmmakers to come to understand her "total recall", and thanks to the subsequent media interest, a few dozen other subjects including Veise have since come forward and contacted the team at the University

Long before television cooking shows, Careme walked readers through common kitchen tasks, instructing them to "try this for yourself, at home" as famous American Chef Julia Child might do, many years later.

Long queues, delayed flights and over - crowding at airports have become almost as much a topic for conversation in Britain as the traditional complaining about the weather.

Many men and women have long bought into the idea that there are "male" and "female" brains, believing that explains just about every difference between the sexes.

pigeons are often seen as dirty birds and an urban nuisance but they are just the latest in a long line of animals that have been found to have abilities to help humans.

Rebuilding can take a long time, and even then, impressions of the disaster may still remain.

since industrialization, maintaining such a slow cultural metabolism has been much harder, with the long midday meal shrinking to whatever could be stuffed into a lunch bucket or bought at a food stand.

Some fly very long distances, including one kind of bird that flies from the remote north of the world, all the way to the distant south.

Steve, can you tell me how long you've been a pub owner?

The aircraft is massive as long as a football field and as tall as 6 double decker buses and capable of flying for up to 5 days.

The animal made it to the roof of the building, after it took a long break on a 17th floor window edge.

The long lost message was discovered by Clint Buffington of Utah while he was vacationing.

The-doctors response to the question of whether or not dogs can fall in love like humans do was a straight "Of course!" He went on to say that if love is defined as a long term commitment meaning dogs seek one another out when they're apart, they're happy

There's no question people can take things a long way toward reversing diabetes, reversing high blood pressure, even preventing cancer by food choices.

These companies, which long reaped big profits as textbook publishers, have boasted that their new online offerings, when pushed to students through universities they partner with, represent the future of the industry.

Unlike any of these typical responses, I'm proud to say that I love to dance salsa after a long and tiring day of work.

We found that the number of bacteria transferred to either kind of food didn't depend much on how long the food was in contact with the contaminated surface——whether for a few seconds or for a whole minute.

Unless renewables become cheap enough that substantial carbon deposits are left underground for a very long time, if not forever, the planet will likely be exposed to potentially catastrophic climate risks.

These likely persistent forces, like the growth of shale ( ' , 页岩) oil, point to a low for long scenario.

The German traveler Johann Winckelmann pioneered the field of art history with his comprehensive study of Greek and Roman sculpture; he was portrayed by his friend Anton Raphael Mengs at the beginning of his long residence in Rome.

Progress in the development of renewables could be fragile, however, if fossil fuel prices remain low for long.

Oil prices are expected to remain lower for longer.

Natural gas and coal—also fossil fuels—have similarly seen price declines that look to be long-lived.

Most American parents say they are not concerned about their children's grades as long as they work hard.

Landfill sites on the Iberian Peninsula have long attracted local white storks, but all of the Spanish birds tagged in the study flew across the Sahara Desert to the western Sahel.

In addition, other factors are putting downward pressure on oil prices: change in the strategic behavior of the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries, the projected increase in Iranian exports, the scaling-down of global demand ( ' , especially from emerging markets), the long-term drop in petroleum consumption in the United States, and some displacement of oil by substitutes.

Higher fossil fuel prices prove to be conducive to innovation and application of cleaner technologyIf fossil fuel prices remain low for a long time, it may lead to higher emissions of greenhouse gases.

Fossil fuel prices are likely to stay low for long.

Early childhood experiences can be very consequential for children's long-term social, emotional and cognitive development, said Sean Reardon, professor of poverty and inequality in education at Stanford University.

And we don't know about the long-term consequences.

There were no longer enough fish in the sea for the stock to maintain itself, let alone an industry.

The good news is that a bill just approved by the House and a bill approved by the Senate Finance Committee would implement or test many reforms that should help slow the rise in medical costs over the long term.

The Millennium Ecosystem Assessment, a vast four-year global study which reported its initial conclusions earlier this year, found reasons to believe that managing ecosystems sustainably—working with nature rather than against it—might be less profitable in the short term, but certainly brings long-term rewards.

Sustainable management of ecosystems will prove rewarding in the long run.

Of course, such growth may not persist in the long term—which is what Mr.

So, how long have you been a Market Research Consultant? Hello.

With competition from many countries, Antarctica is no longer dominated by the traditional white nations.

To be sure, the battery still has a long way to go before the nightly recharge completely replaces the weekly trip to the gas station.

The ubiquitous ( ' , 无所不在的 ) battery has already come a long way, of course.

The research stations on King George lsland offer a glimpse into the long game on this ice-blanketed continent as nations assert themselves, eroding the sway long held by countries like the United States, Britain, Australia and New Zealand.

The conditions creating the stress are long hours, unrealistic demands and deadlines, and work-life conflict.

So why has it taken so long? The Department of Health declared its intention to consider the move in November 2010 and consulted through 2012.

Scientists and engineers have long believed in the promise of batteries to change the world.

Scholars warn that Antarctica's political drift could blur the distinction between military and civilian activities long before the continent's treaties come up for renegotiation, especially in parts of Antarctica that are ideal for intercepting ( ' , 拦截) signals from satellites or retasking satellite systems, potentially enhancing global electronic intelligence operations.

It usually takes a long time for them to find a decent job.

Even utility companies, which have long viewed batteries and alternative forms of energy as a threat, are learning to embrace the technologies as enabling rather than disrupting.

Companies that have long focused on hardware now have to think of ecosystems instead to give consumers practical solutions to their everyday problems.

Antarctica's mineral, oil and gas wealth are a longer-term prize.

Americans are working longer and harder hours than ever before.

When the molten rock of the earth’s core forced its way to the surface to form the throat of a volcano, as the centuries passed, the rock cooled and hardened, shrinkingand cracking into long columns.

Sadly the pleasure that comes from extravagances often disappears long before the bills do.

Unfortunately for them ( ' , and often the taxpayers), our energy systems are a bit like an aircraft carrier: they are unbelievably expensive, they are built to last for a very long time, they have a huge amount of inertia ( ' , meaning it takes a lot of energy to set them moving), and they have a lot of momentum once they are set in motion.

They have to operate for long periods of time before the costs of development have been recovered.

The current situation in American higher education may not last long.

Saying they can no longer ignore the rising prices of health care, some of the most influential medical groups in the nation are recommending that doctors weigh the costs, not just the effectiveness of treatments, as they make decisions about patient care.

On top of the tragic loss of life, the accident in California will cast a long shadow over the future of space tourism, even before it has properly begun.

Not any longer.

It will take a long time to change the current trend in higher education.

In their evolution, humans have learned to pay attention to the most urgent issues instead of long-term concerns.

It notes that, in recent years, experts have come to the conclusion that undernourishment between conception and a child’s second birthday can have serious and long-lasting impacts.

As long as it's impossible to produce something from nothing, costs are absolutely a barrier.

As long as robots add to the sum of human happiness, reduce suffering, and create time to read world-class journalism, we should be their fans.

But if the confrontation has crystallized in this latest battle, it may already be heading toward a predictable conclusion: In the long run, the tech companies are destined to emerge victorious.

But the other team members were working as hard and long as he was.

Common research has long held that talking themselves through a task helps children learn, although doing so when you'v apparently matured is not a great sign of brilliance.

Companies that have long focused on hardware now have to think of ecosystems instead to give consumers practical solutions to their everyday problems.

Farmers have a long history of invention and is no different today.

Health and environmental advocates have long urged U.S.government agencies to tighten the use of some of the 11 chemicals the report cites and called for more studies on their long-term effects.

How long will the alterations take?

I told myself that all experiences make you a better journalist in the long run and luckily, I was right.

In other words, even if the FBI wins this case, in the long run, it loses.

In West Africa, people have long chewed kola nuts as stimulants, because they contain caffeine that also occurs naturally in tea, coffee, and chocolate.

It might seem surprising to think about an item staying in space for that long, but the oldest satellite still in orbit—Vanguard 1—turned 60 in 2018.

Let's face it, it wasn't too long ago that the idea of working from anywhere and at anytime was some form of a distant utopian dream,and yet now we can perform almost any office-based task from any location in the world as long as we have access to the in

Longevity statistics reveal that the average person doesn't last very long after retirement.

Maintaining relationships over the long term takes effort.

Many American people have seen Amish families with the men wearing broad-brimmed black hats and the women in long dresses, in railway or bus terminals.

Nearly 700 miles long, the earthquake zone is located by the North American Plate off the coast of Pacific British Columbia, Washington, Oregon and Northern California.

Not so long ago, people would have turned up their noses at that kind of dedication to the job.

Plagued by long delays, perpetual mismanagement, and ever saw ring costs, the airport has become something of a joke among Germans and a source of frustration for local politicians, business leaders and residents alike.

Scientists and engineers have long believed in the promise of batteries to change the world.

Second, they rely on a system that has long been marked by a poor relation between national health and social care services.

She says she is able to take Zumba exercise classes three times a week, work out on the treadmill(跑步机), and take long, brisk walks.

So why has it taken so long?

So, how long have you been a Market Research Consultant?

The aim was to enable older people to remain in their own homes for as long as possible, but this increased concern about the lack of coordination between free health and paid-for social car.

The carbon that we've put into the atmosphere keeps having a warming effect for 100 years, so we have to cut back rapidly now, because it would take a long time to work its way through into a response by the atmosphere.

The care was substantially provided by voluntary services, which worked together with local authorities as they long had with eligibility based on income.

The extreme isolation of these massive farms leaves them often unattended, and monitored only once or twice a year, which means if the livestock falls ill or requires assistance, it can be a long time for farmers to discover.

The German traveler Johann winckelmann pioneered the field of art history with his comprehensive study of Greek and Roman sculpture; he was portrayed by his friend Anton Raphael Mengs at the beginning of his long residence in Rome.

The good news is that a bill just approved by the House and a bill approved by the Senate finance Committee would implement or test many reforms that should help slow the rise in medical costs over the long term.

The problem is "decision fatigue, '' a psychological phenomenon that takes a toll on the quality of your choices after a long day of decision making, says Evan Polman, a leading psychologist.

The ubiquitous battery has already come a long way, of course.

These likely persistent forces, like the growth of shale oil, point to a "low for long" scenario.

They cut it themselves into very thin slices with a long flat knife.

To be sure, the battery still has a long way to go before the nightly recharge completely replaces the weekly trip to the gas station.

Trackers, which are ongoing projects that look at trends or customer satisfaction over a long period of time.

Typical users of online supermarkets include the elderly, people who work long hours and those without their own transport.

Unfortunately for them and often the taxpayers, our energy systems are a bit like an aircraft carrier : they are unbelievably expensive, they are built to last for a very long time, they have a huge amount of inertia meaning it takes a lot of energy to se

Venus has long been held up as a cautionary tale for everything that could go wrong on a planet like Earth.

We also get to live a long healthy life by staying in service.

We should assure such students that risk, and even peer pressure, can be a good thing—as long as it happens in the classroom and not in the car.

When the molten rock of the earth's core forced its way to the surface to form the throat of a volcano, as the centuries passed, the rock cooled and hardened, shrinking and cracking into long columns.

A warm drink of milk before bed has long been the best choice for those wanting a good night's sleep.

A week-long celebration leads up to an exciting tomato battle as the highlight of the week's events.

According to a review of evidence in a medical journal, runners live three years longer than non-runners.

According to London underground, only 40 percent of travelers walk the full length of long escalators, leaving the majority at the bottom as they wait to get on to the "standing "side.

After a long silence, he said yes.

Again, not a move, the next time, I had my camera ready to record what you see here, one of several dozen such pictures, so long as she had a slice to eat, she never bothered the one on her head.

Also, don't wear loose clothes, long scarves, big necklaces, or loose belts — they get caught in something or fall into liquid.

And the longer we delay it, the more tired we feel.

And the story poses an interesting question: why do some people discover new vitality and creativity to the end of their days, while others go to seed long before?

Another way of setting realistic goals is to analyze your short and long term objectives, keeping in mind your beliefs, values and strengths.

As a result it's likely to see a rise in the size of its working-age population and to witness strong economic growth over the longer term.

As long as one doesn't come to rely on it, wishing for a few good things to happen never hurts anybody.

As long as there have been codes, people have tried to break them.

As the smallest child of his family, Alex is always longing for the time when he should be able to be independent.

At last - she never knew how long it had taken her - she felt solid ground under her feet.

At long last, in a comfortable home, with a generous pension, he should learn to take things easy.

Before long, the cat began to look ragged (蓬乱).

Behaving in this selfless and devoted manner, these little creatures have survived on earth, for more than 140 million years, far longer than dinosaurs.

Both men and women are living longer these days in industrialized countries.

British attitudes towards accent have a long tradition.

But however long it takes, the technology has the potential to change our transportation systems and our cities, for better or for worse, depending on how the transformation is regulated.

But it can quickly rise to something worse, when everyone starts hitting "reply all" to join in a long and unpleasant conversation.

But not all cities develop slowly over a long period of time.

But station residents have to be careful about staying in one place too long.

By that time, the panda no longer needed its mother for food.

Chopsticks are usually two long, thin pieces of wood or bamboo.

Copenhagen has a long-standing cycling tradition and 36% of locals cycle to work each day, one of the highest percentages in the world, according to the website visitcopenhagen.

David Brooks, author of the Social Animal: the Hidden Sources of Love,Character, and Achievement, appears to be the latest in a long line of writers who have failed to resist the temptation.

Documentary: a visual presentationsuch as a video,slide show,or computer projectno more than 10 minutes long.

During the first week, do not think about distance, but run five minutes longer each day.

Each interview that you get on the street shouldn't be longer than ten minutes.

Even as late as 1870 when their numbers had already become smaller, a flock believed to be 1 mile wide and 320 miles about 515 kilometers long was seen near cincinnati.

Even though we can't live forever, we are living a longer life than ever before.

Everyone enjoys the life-saving benefits vaccines provide, but they'll exist only as long as everyone shares in the risks.

Experimenting with materials to create something new can go a long way in helping them develop their creativity.

Food webs may be dominated by many weak links because that arrangement is more stable over the long term.

Football season started in september and all summer long I worked out.

For a long time Gabriel didn't want to be involved in music at all.

For example, evolutionary psychology is being used by literary scholars to explain the long-lasting themes and plot devices in fiction.

For western designers, China and its rich culture have long been an inspiration for western creativity.

He cannot stay away from his job too long.

Her sprinting career would not last long.

He's my biggest fan, and when you have that in your life you can go a long way.

History is much more than the study of dusty old objects and events long past.

Holborn has one of the longest sets of escalators on the underground network at 23.

How long did James run his business?

How long did Michael stay in China?

How long did the adventure last?

How long does it probably take a tourist to drive to holker from manchester?

How long have you had this problem?

How long is the woman going to stay at the hotel?

How long will Dorothy stay in Europe?

How long will we stay at the cam?

How long will you be staying there?

However, 110 years is probably the longest that anyone could hope to live—if he or she is extremely healthy and lucky.

However, it is also hard to keep a code book secret for long.

However, longer-lasting reusable bags often require more energy to make.

I can still remember how long it took to polish the legs of our coffee table.

I carefully extended a long carrot, with a keen eye on those teeth, and before long, there were times I would have the groundhog sitting next to a rabbit, both munching on carrots.

I decided to play with him with only one toy for as long as it would keep his interest.

I had been a dancer for quite a long time.

I have thought long and hard about it and it's true.

I said I couldn't stand it one minute longer.

If a student gets hungry on the long drives to and from school, Wilson never hesitates to buy them a meal.

If it were not stopped, that long train, full of passengers, would fall into the stream.

In Zurich, the blowing up of the Boogg symbolizes the coming of a longer summer.

It didn't take long for Shelly-Ann to realize that sports could be her way out of Waterhouse.

It had been known for a long time that Yellowstone was volcanic in nature — that's what accounted for all its hot springs and other steamy features.

It took him a long time to acquire the skills he needed to become a good dancer.

It was in this lake that they found the long lost sword of the Ming Dynasty.

It'll go a long way with them.

It's been her dream for a long time.

I've been looking forward to this training program for a long time.

Keep in mind that in a fifteen-minute office hour which is how long these things usually last, two or three questions are usually the most you'll have time to discuss.

Long before most of us even noticed what we now call "the environment," Buckminster Fuller said, "Pollution is nothing but the resources we are not harvesting."

Long-ago builders could have attached wooden poles to the stones and rolled them across the sand, the scientists say.

Mothers have long known that their home workload was just as heavy as paid work.

Mothers' importance shows in family all year long.

My husband was ordered out on a long-term duty, and I was left in a tiny shack alone.

Night milk quickened the start of sleep and caused the mice to sleep longer.

Not knowing how much longer he could last, Nicholas did the only thing he could — he huddled in his cave and slept.

Not so long ago, most people didn't know who Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce was going to become.

Now that the chances of dying young are much lower, the chances of living long are much higher due to better diets and health care.

On a summer evening in beijing in 2008, all those long, hard hours of work and commitment finally bore fruit.

On the last day of our week-long stay, we were invited to attend a private concert on a beautiful farm on the north shore under the stars, listening to musicians and meeting interesting locals.

One important biological factor that helps women live longer is the difference in hormones between men and women.

One of the executives gathered at the Aspen Institute for a day-long leadership workshop using the works of Shakespeare was discussing the role of brutus in the death of julius caesar.

One of the nasa's major concerns about astronauts is how they can remain healthy for long in space.

Other organisations such as banks ask customers to sign long contracts they may not read or understand, but Miller believes social media requires special attention because it is so new.

Over a hundred kinds of tea are laid out in a line on long tables.

Over the years, Parisian cafes have fallen victim to changes in the French lifestyle-longer working hours, a fast food boom and a younger generation's desire to spend more time at home.

Particular scents also have an effect: diners who got the scent of lavender stayed longer and spent more than those who smelled lemon, or no scent.

People are living longer because more people survive childhood.

People have better access to health care than they used to, and they're living longer as a result.

People have long puzzled over how the Egyptians moved such huge rocks.

People longed to see masterpieces of snow.

Performance: a dramatic presentation of the topic no more than 10 minutes long.

Scientists have painted a long road red, yellow, and white.

Second, youth-sport programs have long been considered important to youth's psychosocial development, providing opportunities to learn important life skills such as cooperation, discipline, leadership, and self-control.

Set your alarm clock an hour early and push yourself to work out! You will feel energized all day long.

Not long ago, with the country entering a recession and Japan at its pre-bubble peak.

These gave banks more freedom to use models to value illiquid assets and more flexibility in recognizing losses on long-term assets in their income statement.

Journalistic tastes had changed long before his death, and postmodern reader shave little use for the richly upholstered Vicwardian prose in which he specialized.

At any rate, this change will ultimately be acclaimed by an ever-growing number of both domestic and international consumers, regardless of how long the current consumer pattern will take hold.

The people who’ve been hurt the worst are those who’ve stayed too long.

This tendency in the natural sciences has long been evident in the social sciences too.

The most glaring flaw of the social cure as it’s presented here is that it doesn’t work very well for very long.

Some of their ties go back a long way.

Instead, the company has done precisely what it had long promised it would not challenge the constitutionality of Vermont’s rules in the federal court, as part of a desperate effort to keep its Vermont Yankee nuclear power plant running.

Britain’s Labor Party, as its name implies, has long been associated with trade unionism.

This long perspective makes the pessimistic view of our prospects seem more likely to be a passing fad.

This is an adequate amount so long as it is aimed in the right direction.

The European Union Framework funding programs have long had a category specifically targeted at social scientists.

For example, the Long Now Foundation has its flagship project a medical clock that is designed to still be marking time thousands of years hence.

By offering on-trend items at dirt-cheap prices, Cline argues, these brands have hijacked fashion cycles, shaking an industry long accustomed to a seasonal pace.

But take a longer view and there is a surprising amount that we can say with considerable assurance.

As so often, the past holds the key to the future: we have now identified enough of the long-term patterns shaping the history of the planet, and our species, to make evidence-based forecasts about the situations in which our descendants will find themselves.

The principle of British welfare is no longer that you can insure yourself against the risk of unemployment and receive unconditional payments if the disaster happens.

Sensible ideas have been around for a long time, but the state-level bodies that govern the profession have been too conservative to implement them.

But the Nobel Foundation’s limit of three recipients per prize, each of whom must still be living, has long been outgrown by the collaborative nature of modern research—as will be demonstrated by the inevitable row over who is ignored when it comes to acknowledging the discovery of the Higgs boson.

Sometimes storms blew the vessels far off their course, and often calm brought unbearably long delay.

This long story still unfolds.

This is a lesson that rich countries can learn : When GDP is no longer regarded as the sole measure of a country’s success, the world looks very different.

So, what Kennedy was referring to was that while GDP has been the most common method for measuring the economic activity of nations , as a measure , it is no longer enough.

It is long past time to make the program work.

A small but vocal group of Hawaiians and environments have long viewed their presence as disrespect for sacred land and a painful reminder of the occupation of what was once a sovereign nation.

The latter step would largely offset the financial burden of annually pre-funding retiree health care, thus addressing a long-standing complaint by the USPS and its union.

The history of the EEOB began long before its foundations were laid.

A long struggle will be needed to avoid a future of digital feudalism.

American papers have long been highly unusual in their reliance on ads.

Britain's Labor Party, as its name implies, has long been associated with trade unionism.

Britain's new rule is a reminder to bankers that society has an interest in their performance, not just for the short term but for the long term.

But the Nobel Foundation's limit of three recipients per prize, each of whom must still be living, has long been outgrown by the collaborative nature of modern research—as will be demonstrated by the inevitable row over who is ignored when it comes to ack

By offering on-trend items at dirt-cheap prices, cine argues, these brands have hijacked fashion cycles, shaking an industry long accustomed to seasonal pace.

Derek Jarman's yellow-tinted film Towards Avebury, a collection of long, mostly still shots of the wiltshire landscape, evokes a tradition of English landscape painting stretching from Samuel Palmer to Paul Nash.

Enhanced security measures since then, combined with a rise in airline travel due to the improving economy and low oil prices, have resulted in long waits at major airports such as Chicago's O'Hare International.

Even dairy farms, where robots do a small share of milking, have a long way to go before they're automated.

Even very young children tend to look down on the overweight, and teasing about body build has long been a problem in schools.

For example,the Long Now Foundation has as its flagship project a mechanical clock that is designed to still be marking time thousands of years hence.

Helping forests flourish as valuable "carbon sinks" long into the future may require reducing their capacity to absorb carbon now.

However, even though it's common, it's important to keep in mind that in a single moment of fatigue, you can say something to your child that you may regret for a long time.

If you see a conversation as a fight or competition, you can win by cheating as long as you don't get caught.

Instead, the company has done precisely what it had long promised it would not: challenge the constitutionality of Vermont's rules in the federal court, as part of a desperate effort to keep its Vermont Yankee nuclear power plant running.

It did not matter what was done in the experiment; so long as something was changed, productivity rose.

It requires minimal effort and goes a long way.

Journalistic tastes had changed long before his death, and postmodern readers have little use for the richly upholstered vicwardian prose in which he specialized.

Long is Britain's best-known Land Artist and his Stone circle, a perfect ring of purplish rocks from Portishead beach laid out on the gallery floor, represents the elegant, rarefied side of the form.

Scientific publishing has long been a licence to print money.

Subjects exposed to fast-food flashes also tend to think a musical piece lasts too long.

That framework has contributed mightily to our broken immigration system and the long political paralysis over how to fix it.

The most glaring flaw of the social cure as it's presented here is that it doesn't work very well for very long.

The question would have sounded strange not long ago.

The traditional wedding is a long and colorful affair.

Then beverage companies started bottling the production of far-off springs, and now office workers unthinkingly sip bottled water all day long.

This one may be a bit more difficult to pull off, but it can go a long way to achieving results.

Those things might be social, sporting, creative or completely random -It doesn't matter, so long as they're enjoyable, and not likely to have negative side effects, such as drinking too much alcohol or going on a wild spending spree if you're on a tight

Under the plan, for example, the agency said it would not prosecute landowners or businesses that unintentionally kill, harm, or disturb the bird, as long as they had signed a range-wide management plan to restore prairie chicken habitat.

We still have a long way to go to get back to full employment, but at least we are now finally moving forward at a faster pace.

While there's a long way to go, the trend lines for renewables are spiking.

Yet officials also hope for a much larger benefit: more long term decision-making not only by banks but also by all corporations, to build a stronger economy for future generations.