The road from ape to astronaut has been long and tortuous.

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It has been a long and, at times, bumpy road for the couple to the altar.

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The road to mass university education in Scotland has been long and slow.

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Rospa, which introduced Tufty as a character, said TV campaigns had helped "to create a high level of road safety awareness over a long period, and are one of the reasons why Great Britain has been able to significantly reduce the number of people being killed on our roads".

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To the people of Joplin and the Class of 2012, the road has been hard and the day has been long.

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The long and winding road that has been the attempted merger between miner Xstrata and commodities trading house Glencore seems to be nearing its end.

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