• Long John Silver speaks wistfully of Portobelo in Treasure Island, but Henry Morgan did something about it.

    BBC: In search of pirates in Panama

  • At Long John Silver's he introduced the quick-serve market to wraps--as in Blazin' Cajun' popcorn shrimp rolled in a tortilla.

    FORBES: Fast-Food Chess

  • Joyner lends his name to a platter of fried food at Long John Silver's restaurant chain, even though he's a big booster of health education.

    FORBES: Spin Game

  • Lorna Gillin lives on Long John Hill, on the outskirts of Norwich, and said traffic struggled to get up its steep slope during the afternoon.

    BBC: Norfolk snow disrupts schools and transport

  • From the pack she plucked a flannel long-john top and a thick wool fisherman's sweater.

    NPR: Excerpt: 'The Assassins Gallery'

  • Rather, this was something of a rhetorical trick of the devaluationists, who have been around long before John Maynard Keynes was born.

    FORBES: The Gold Standard, and the Myth About Money Growth

  • Thus, given the shellacking the public has taken in funds over the last decade, it may not take long for John Q.

    FORBES: What Investors Should Watch For as the World Crumbles

  • Reading did threaten when Long headed John Oster's free-kick wide and Matejovsky fired in a bouncing shot that City keeper Joe Hart did well to push away.

    BBC: Reading 2-0 Man City

  • It appeared in the May 1, 1975 FORBES, not long after John Bogle had created Vanguard by splitting a fund administrative arm off from a money management company.

    FORBES: Sidelines

  • Black sent a 20-yard drive inches over the crossbar before Webster rose to meet a long throw, John Sutton played it back into his path and the central defender fired low past Stack.

    BBC: Sport - Hibernian 1-3 Hearts

  • John Long, vice president and chief technical officer of the Midwest Generation unit, thinks he can coax another 15% increase out of those aging boilers over the next five years without running afoul of environmental rules.

    FORBES: Indigestion

  • Another great gift for families with kids who take long car trips is John Lithgow's Singin' in the Bathtub .

    NPR: The Least Material of Material Gifts

  • The Barrons' music caught the ear of the avant-garde scene: In the early 1950s, they worked on a year-long project with composer John Cage.

    NPR: The Barrons: Forgotten Pioneers of Electronic Music

  • "This was recognition it was a mistake to cut capital spending so sharply and that other growth-boosting measures were taking too long, " said John Cridland, director general of the CBI.

    BBC: Business

  • "New Hampshire voters turned this thing on its ear and said this is going to be a long race, " John Edwards told CNN - a comment that applies equally to both the Democratic and Republican races.

    BBC: Hillary, Bill and Chelsea Clinton

  • And while I appreciate -- I have great admiration for and respect for and a long relationship with Senator John McCain, but one place I would not go for advice on vice presidential running mates is to Senator McCain.

    WHITEHOUSE: Press Briefing

  • The House of Representatives has already passed historic legislation, due in large part to the efforts of Massachusetts' own Ed Markey, he deserves a big round of applause. (Applause.) We're now seeing prominent Republicans like Senator Lindsey Graham joining forces with long-time leaders John Kerry on this issue, to swiftly pass a bill through the Senate as well.

    WHITEHOUSE: President Obama Pushes Clean Energy

  • At 146.8 inches long and 66.3 inches wide, the Coupe is almost as long and wide as the MINI Cooper S Coupe and MINI John Cooper Works Coupe (147 inches long and 66.3 inches wide), though it sits a full inch lower than either.

    FORBES: MINI Unveils Two-Seat Coupe With Spoiler, Helmet Roof

  • There's no logical reason to long for the days of John and Mary, of Nancy and Joe.

    CNN: Where have you gone Nancy and Joe?

  • In short, if you raise taxes enough, you indeed have the power to destroy as John Marshall said long ago.

    FORBES: Keynes Would Not Raise Taxes Today

  • John Searle has long argued that there is a way out of this dilemma, but some philosophers are not so sure.

    FORBES: There's Something Wrong with the Philosophy of Mind

  • Examples range from William Jennings Bryan, a Populist presidential aspirant, to Huey Long, and presently to John Edwards and Mike Huckabee.

    ECONOMIST: Colombia's army

  • Disclosure: John Reese is long DD, JNJ, MRK, T, CVX and JPM.

    FORBES: Getting Down And Dirty With The Dow

  • Democrats are going along because the debt increase isn't contingent on matching cuts to the budget, as long demanded by House Speaker John Boehner, R-Ohio.

    NPR: Senate To Clear Debt Limit Increase For Obama

  • Wall Street prides itself on being a meritocracy, but those who fail spectacularly often get a second chance: think of John Meriwether of Long-Term Capital Management.

    ECONOMIST: They used to walk on water. Now they are back from the dead

  • Since copyright law allows for prudish nannies, according to professor Doris Long of Chicago's John Marshall Law School, the judge in Colorado could decide in ClearPlay's favor.

    FORBES: Monster in a box

  • We had a long campaign between myself and John McCain.

    WHITEHOUSE: BiPartisan Super Bowl Party

  • Australia has had five leaders -- and in one case the same one twice -- since 2007, when long-time Liberal leader John Howard lost the federal election to Labor's Kevin Rudd.

    CNN: Why Tony Abbott lost power

  • The Firhill club have a long injury list, with John Barclay, Johnnie Beattie, James Eddie, Colin Gregor, Dougie Hall and Dave McCall among those sidelined and expected to miss the start of the new campaign.

    BBC: Chris Cusiter & Al Kellock injury worries for Scots

  • Not long before he died, John Updike spoke eloquently of a book's "edges, " the boundaries that give shape and integrity to a literary work and that for centuries have found their outward expression in the indelibility of printed pages.

    WSJ: Nicholas Carr on E-Books

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