For a long moment after the music's crescendo climax, they remained standing silently next to one another with upraised arms.
As Mahler's Ninth Symphony reached its final, hushed note, the conductor held his arms suspended and the musicians froze for a long moment of exquisite silence.
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There's been signs leading up to this moment for a long time.
It prevented a third successive FA Cup final going to penalties and provided a memorable moment for the long-awaited return home to London for the competition.
Think this through in the long term for a moment.
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More comfortable then but not quite settled, the first question was greeted by a long pause and then a moment of mild panic for the production crew as she shut her eyes and put her head in her hands.
"The temptation is always there for the modern translator to look for strategies that make the text more accessible - and when that temptation comes, it doesn't hurt to turn for a moment - for some long moments indeed - to this extraordinary text, " he said.
As the service drew to a close, a bell was rung once for each victim, reverberating through the hall and setting off a long moment of silence.
It was another uneasy moment for a sport presumed not long ago be infallible.
That is a long-term hope: for the moment, the current administration is seen as the only way of running Rwanda.
So whereas we may have had the impression that this was sort of a quick and dirty operation, this is something that has been in the planning stages for a long time, just waiting for the appropriate moment where the targets could be hit.
She's no novice, but there's a long road of difference between getting snagged in an unguarded moment and standing at a podium or sitting for an interview.
The long battle continues, but for the moment Miller can breathe a little easier.
That moment is unlikely to result from a bold diplomatic initiative for a long while.
Ducking a decision often creates bigger problems in the long run, but for the moment, it eases the mental strain.
So the moment I finish a long screed lambasting the entertainment industry for censorship I hear the news: there is a Casey Anthony video on the internet!
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Shenzhen Expressway Company (HK: 0548) is a more difficult story at the moment, but low multiples make them attractive for long termers.
I'll never forget a moment many years ago -- this is long before I ran for President, before I ran for elected office.
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It was a bitter moment for Sheffield United manager Neil Warnock, whose club had looked safe for so long only to be dragged into what was ultimately a losing battle.
It unveiled for a sinister, fluttering moment a ragged mass of clouds hanging low, the lurch of the long outlines of the ship, the black figures of men caught on the bridge, heads forward, as if petrified in the act of butting.
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All the armies had long been unpaid, and the largest loan that could for the moment be effected was for a sum hardly meeting the expenses of the government for a single day.
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Ms Gillard told ABC radio that she wanted the commission to provide a "moment of healing" for the survivors of child sexual abuse - "because for too long, so many of these survivors have just run into closed doors and closed minds".
One of my favorite trips in recent years was a spur of the moment (pre-kids, of course) trip to Iceland my wife and I took for a long weekend.
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