Mr Badawi can expect a longish honeymoon, probably up to the general election due next year.

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Mr Venizelos, the front-runner to succeed him, may have to put in a longish spell in opposition.

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An example of a chunky structural change is a duplication or deletion of a longish DNA sequence.

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Thus the posts that have attracted very large audiences have all been longish.

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After a longish lull, billionaire Kumar Birla, is back on the acquisition trail.

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His large, clefted nose, broad smile, beaming eyes, longish blond hair, hefty physique and bodacious mannerisms are uniquely his own and have left their imprint on the French cinema and stage.

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While its internal value has not fallen as much as it once did, thanks to lower inflation, its external value ie, in relation to other currencies has been in remorseless decline, albeit punctuated by some longish rallies.

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But those of us with longish memories wonder if we are not just seeing a repeat of the rather amateurish and reckless lending practices that characterized the Japanese banks in the U.S. in the 1980s and 1990s.

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Bottom line: The iPad is ideal for reading headlines (not for longish stuff like stories in The New Yorker and definitely not for anything by David Foster Wallace) and looking at magazines or photos during my morning commute on the 6.

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