He is one of the longest reigning monarchs of the region, a reign lasting 63 years.

At 54 years old, the current Fifth Republic is the second longest lasting regime since the revolution.

The infringement, carried out as part of an international cartel, was the longest operating cartel in Hungary, lasting from 1991 until 2003.

Winter is the longest season lasting approximately from mid November until the end of March, although March daytime temperatures tend to be mild.

Rampant corruption, rising social unrest, and the inability to resist modern Western powers ultimately caused the dynasty, and the world s longest lasting bureaucracy, to crumble in 1912.

Vogue , founded in the United States in 1892, has been the longest lasting and most successful of the hundreds of fashion magazines that have come and gone.

Indeed, with the recession possibly lasting 18 months or more which would make it the longest since World War II Argentina will be one of the hardest hit.

The , at long, is the third longest in Japan and the longest in Hokkaidō.

The irony is that it was the US that built some of the longest lasting alliances and institutions the modern world has seen, and that were central to American power for over half a century.

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The suspension bridge, officially known as the East Bridge, has the world's third longest main span (1.6 km), the longest outside of Asia.

I can wait four days at the longest.

These are the longest rivers in Central Europe.

It was the longest annular solar eclipse of the millennium, and the longest until December 23, 3043, with a maximum length of 11 minutes, 7.8 seconds.

With a total length of or 18.2 miles, it is the second longest bridge in the US and fourteenth longest in the world by total length.

With a reign of 63 years, seven months and two days, Victoria is the longest reigning British monarch and the longest reigning queen regnant in world history.

The longest river is the Cagayan River in northern Luzon.

The Missouri River is the longest river in North America.

This is a list of the longest rivers on Earth.

Its longest border is with the Caspian Sea (1,786 km).

A Lasting Poison

Imagine the longest book you can think of, War and Peace.

Being 25 letters long, 'anticonstitutionnellement' is the longest word in French.

He's one of the longest serving political prisoners in the world.

Among the cakes with the longest tradition is the Linzer torte.

At , its nave is the longest of any cathedral in England.

Dispute regarding length While debate as to whether the Amazon or the Nile is the world's longest river has gone on for many years, the historic consensus of geographic authorities has been to regard the Amazon as the second longest river in the world, with the Nile being the longest.

Distal axonopathy occurs most severely in the longest nerve in the horse.

Persistence means long lasting.

First impressions are lasting.

A longer lasting legacy

Ground was broken in January 1949, and on July 30, 1952 the bridge opened to traffic as both the longest continuous over water steel structure, and the third longest bridge in the world.

At , the tunnel was the longest road tunnel in North America until 2007.

The tunnel is the longest combination road and rail tunnel in North America.

The Andes is long and is often considered the world's longest mountain system.

The département is crossed by the Loire river, the longest river in France.

It is the longest bridge of this design, surpassing the Wushan Yangtze Bridge.

With a length of , it is the longest river that runs entirely in Brazilian territory, and the fourth longest in South America and overall in Brazil (after the Amazon, the Paraná and the Madeira).

Egypt left a lasting legacy.

Parliament settled on 28 days still the longest such period in the Western world.

In January, Hong Kong was gripped by its second longest cold spell since 1885.

King Fahad, the longest serving king in Saudi Arabia s history (24 years), is dead.

The region has the longest motorway network amongst the Italian regions (about 800 km).

In the 1980s, a tunnel was under construction and was the longest in Greece.