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"As fate would have it, I now give the order to case the colors," Gen. Austin said, referring to a long-established military ritual in which regiments "uncase" their identifying colors when arriving for deployments, and "case" them when they pack up to leave.

U.S. Closes Its Mission on Uncertain Note Julian E. Barnes 2011

This position is impossible to reconcile with the long-established view that Congress has the power of the purse.

The Conservative Assault on the Constitution Erwin Chemerinsky 2010

Aside from Iran/Persia, there are no historically long-established nation states in the region.

Matthew Yglesias » By Request: An Egyptian Gaza? 2009

As a matter of long-established law the writer of a letter holds the copyright to the content (anything you write is automatically protected by copyright, though formal registration is a useful step if you ever have to defend the right.)

Email: Who Owns the Copyright? « Steve Wildstrom on Tech 2009

There is a long-established 20-year rule on such matters – and it's 20 years last April since Blue Lines was first released.

Yasmin, Emeli Sandé and Maverick Sabre are taking a trip back into trip-hop 2011

More recently, in a message to the Irish hierarchy this year, the pontiff said: "It cannot be denied that some of you and your predecessors failed, at times grievously, to apply the long-established norms of canon law to the crime of child abuse."

Pope is on the case and has been, in fact 2010

“As a matter of long-established law the writer of a letter holds the copyright to the content” is incorrect.

Email: Who Owns the Copyright? « Steve Wildstrom on Tech 2009

Quite as though it had been a long-established custom of his he struck out with all his legs and began to swim.

The Wall of the World 2010

Many companies on the list are in the long-established IT category that venture capitalists have traditionally put their money into.

Web Is Money Magnet Colleen DeBaise 2011

"We will have to overhaul the long-established attitude that we can use as much electricity as we like and view the supply as someone else's problem," the newspaper said.

Japan Snaps Back With Less Power Peter Landers 2011