In the old days, it took a long time to count the votes from the November elections.

VOA: special.2009.01.19

One that seems to be in fashion these days, although you never know how long the fashion lasts, is: internal uprisings that somehow these monarchical areas, when life got tough, the people must have risen up against them.

有一个理论现在很流行,虽然不知道流行了多久,那就是认为,这些王国中起义的内部原因是,当民生困苦时,人们就必然奋起反抗

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It's easy to imagine those long-ago days of cowboys and Indians, and the spirit of adventure that led travelers to ride the stagecoach west.

VOA: special.2010.04.26

Last Thursday,Mr.Obama renewed the long-standing injunctions imposed in the early days of the Islamic Revolution against financial dealings with Iran.

VOA: standard.2009.11.15

Lawmakers are working against the clock, with a month-long recess scheduled to begin in a matter of days.

VOA: standard.2009.07.28

Analyst Lipman,says it appears that the days of women, working alongside men in most any job,are long gone.

VOA: standard.2009.11.05

(VOICE) She recited a long list of relatives who have left Moscow in recent days, hoping to find cleaner air and cooler temperatures.

VOA: standard.2010.08.10

This 17-year-old boy says he spends long days carrying water back to his family's home.

VOA: standard.2009.08.01

"There are going to be more long nights, more cold days, more memorial services, more frustrations,more questions, more answers to questions, but there are also going to be more Afghans with a chance, more Afghans with security, more Afghans with the ability to make the choice for their future, to build the country the way they want it,".

VOA: standard.2009.12.03