The document also says "Iran continues to pose a significant challenge to Iraq's long-term stability and political independence.

VOA: standard.2009.03.31

It's a long-term plan, which can go wrong if you get sick and die in your early 20s.

这是长期的计划，若你在二十几岁生病死去它就会出错。

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Also, they've paid much more than long-term-- well it's not so different.

同样地，股票也比长期债券回报率高-,但不像短期那样差那么多。

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"The aim of our efforts is to achieve a comprehensive and long-term settlement which would restore international confidence in the peaceful nature of Iran's nuclear program, while respecting Iran's legitimate rights to the peaceful use of atomic energy."

VOA: standard.2010.06.09

It's often the final stage of long-term relationships that have gone bad.

经常而言，这处于一段濒临破裂感情的最后阶段。

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"This conference gives us all an opportunity to reignite its path to progress by working as a team with Haiti at the helm to advance a comprehensive, long-term strategy for Haiti's growth, by coordinating hemispheric and international efforts, by targeting clear goals, by setting benchmarks to gauge our progress, and deploying our diverse skills and resources efficiently and effectively."

VOA: standard.2009.04.14

That's what we have to think about and it's a long-term problem.

这是我们要考虑的问题,这是个长期问题。

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Wayne Bronner says the family's long-term planning and willingness to reinvest profits has grown the company into what it is today.

VOA: special.2009.12.25

These include linking the pay of bankers to their bank's long-term performance.

VOA: special.2009.10.02

However,scientists have become concerned about the hormone's long-term effects on our health.

VOA: special.2009.03.24

Federal Reserve officials announced a plan to purchase up to $300 billion in long-term U.S.government bonds to bolster the nation's economy.

VOA: standard.2009.03.18

The Mars-500 mission at Moscow's Institute of Biomedical Problems will test the psychological and physical effects of long-term isolation on humans.

VOA: standard.2010.06.02

Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan, who highlighted another long-term risk to America's economic health: its skyrocketing national debt.

VOA: standard.2010.02.07

Brad Maione,with New York's Department of Taxation and Finance, says the agencies have been conducting long-term undercover investigations.

VOA: standard.2010.08.11

He is seeking trade deals with other Asian countries, and is reviewing long-term U.S.-Japan military agreements.

VOA: standard.2009.11.13

He has proposed a freeze on some domestic spending, and sought a bipartisan commission to craft a plan to tackle America's long-term fiscal imbalances.

VOA: standard.2010.02.07

Over the past few decades,however, scientists have determined that even trace amounts of lead in children's bodies leads to long-term neurological and behavioral problems.

VOA: standard.2009.12.19

President Obama says health insurance reform is critical to the nation's long-term economic strength.

VOA: standard.2009.08.08

It's not clear how extensive and long-term the damage to Gulf seafood will be.

VOA: standard.2010.05.27

In that time he has signaled his intention to seek trade deals with other Asian nations, and review Japan's long-term military basing agreements with the United States.

VOA: standard.2009.11.12

Eikenberry and McChrystal stressed the long-term nature of the U.S.commitment to the people of Afghanistan, long after the transition of combat operations from coalition to Afghan forces begins in 2011.

VOA: standard.2009.12.09

That has led to charges by Republicans the economic recovery is an illusion, funded by inefficient government spending that has weakened America's long-term economic position by vastly expanding the national debt.

VOA: standard.2009.11.01

Ambassador Eikenberry said he had heard President Karzai's remarks and that it is clear the United States and its allies will need to provide long-term financial support for Afghanistan's military and police.

VOA: standard.2009.12.09

"And so we're going to be dealing with these short-term problems, but we also have to keep our eye on the horizon and recognize that it's that long-term issue that has to be focused on."

VOA: standard.2010.06.10

"Coping with these kind of impacts if you're dealing with significant affects on your agriculture or your water supplies, your infrastructure and also trying to develop new kinds of energy approaches, for example--that's going to take long term investment,"

VOA: standard.2009.12.11