Because it was long thought that few people would watch lengthy televised political messages, most televised political advertisements, like commercial advertisements, took the form of short messages.

因为长期以来人们认为很少有人会看冗长的电视政治信息，所以大多数电视政治广告，像商业广告一样，都采用短信的形式。

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It was long ago that another son of Illinois left for Washington.

那是很久以前的事了，另一个伊州之子离开伊州去华盛顿。

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One reason is that it was long overshadowed by the conflict in Iraq.

其一是因为，伊拉克地区的冲突很长时间盖过了它。

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But what I do remember was, at the end of that long, continuous coverage it must have been about two a.m.

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As long as it was not abrupt, right? I may take my scissors, and cut out a foot in the middle.

这个过程并不是突然的，对吗？，我拿出一把剪刀，这时减掉中间的一英尺。

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He said, my apologies for not answering your letter but my health is poor and--but it was a long letter.

他写道,非常抱歉没能及时回复,我身体欠佳,这是一封很长的信

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"Billy sent me a telegram - it was long before the days of emails!"

BBC: Surrey - Presenter profile: Dave Cash

It was long known that modern humans overlapped with Neanderthals in Europe, apparently for more than 10, 000 years.

BBC: DNA identifies new ancient human dubbed 'X-woman'

Since Google distributes Android for free, it was long ambiguous how much money if any it was making from the endeavor.

FORBES: Google Breaks Telecom Trade Show Barrier