The hypermetabolic state that may persist for years after a major burn can result in a decrease in bone density and a loss of muscle mass.

Such subsidies are a global scandal, yet large payments to largely wealthy American and Greek cotton growers seem likely to persist for many years.

While being toxic to marine life, polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs), the components in crude oil, are very difficult to clean up, and last for years in the sediment and marine environment.

Sami waited for years.

Turmoil in Arab societies is bound to persist for years to come, and emerging regional and world powers can be expected to exploit the international order s fragmentation to advance their interests in the region.

So, for years Agnes walked through the Rift valley.

He had to lead a miserable life for many years.

He lived abroad for many years.

I've worked here for many years.

Sami kept that secret for years.

I have been learning Berber for years.

It was exploited for many years.

But, with the conflict and its impact expected to drag on for years, agencies must also plan for the longer term. This includes building capacity in neighboring states, as the World Bank is doing in Jordan and Lebanon, to provide services for refugees.

We might return to the 1980s. This is sad.

These variables are related to living longer, too.

This strong opposition movement continued for many years.

They have been the subject of detailed studies for many years.

With these initiatives, Brazil s government has sought to ensure that annual growth remains above 4 for many years, regardless of the challenges which will certainly persist in 2013 posed by the international environment.

The two people were shaking hands heartily as if they had not seen each other for years.

Similar efforts have been underway for years in the US.

They had resisted oppressive military regimes for many years.

Gaddafi allegedly worked for years with Swiss banks to launder international banking transactions.

For the energy sector, the common variables used to develop scenarios were population growth, demand, and gross domestic product (GDP).

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In the meantime, people were left for years waiting in shelters.

This is an initiative to start something that will hopefully last for years to come.

Tunisians had been gossiping and joking about the corruption for years.

Negotiations must continue.

So will today s relative market calm continue? Unfortunately, no.

Securing Afghanistan and its region will require an international presence for many years.

For years, rumors had persisted about the failed state of Putin s marriage.

For my part, and for many years now, I have tried to highlight the sweet.

The puzzle of the global savings glut may live on for several years to come.

For many years it was relegated to a footnote in Soviet military history.

The Subcommittee had drawn up multi year workplans for dealing with the issue.

And, because big bubbles last for many years, predicting them means predicting many years in the future, which is a bit like predicting who will be running the government two elections from now.

Rioting continues in Bahrain.

So the legend lives on.

One of the College's main functions had been training United Nations staff in the field, which should continue.

Is there any alternative to years of political gyrations and indecision?

What must it be like to live with this sort of uncertainty, this deadly anxiety, for years on end?

Look, nobody gets ... that the U.S. and Israel have been slaughtering the Palestinians ... for years .

You gotta persist through failure. You gotta persist through crap!

And it goes back and forth, you know?

This is not sustainable.