On Monday, the song ended on a long, sustained "Ooooooh".
But it quickly began a long, sustained decline.
"He gave a short presentation, and he got a long, sustained standing ovation," said Senator Byron L. Dorgan, Democrat of North Dakota.
But the sound of a long sustain on a vibraphone, whether one note or many, is one of mankind's great creations.
The orchestra, heaving and surging from its very depths, begins a long, sustained crescendo that turns into a frenetic stampede, hurtling headlong out of the darkness.
Edward Watson, remarkable throughout this ballet, moves alone with sinuous ease, then turns to face the screen as Ms. Saariaho's score holds a long, sustained note.
He has tremendous courage - when we shot 'Green Zone' there's a long sustained 20 minute section at the end, in pitch black, full tilt action over huge areas with very little prep.
"Two of the photographers, Holdt and Mannikko, are self-taught," says the curator, Stefanie Braun, "but what unites all of them this year is a long, sustained engagement with the photographic image".
Over pulsing chords, which have the rhythm of heavy breathing, violins and soprano begin to sing an entirely new melody, in the new key of B-flat — a long, sustained note, followed by a quickly shaking figure, with a shadow of C below.
A second exchange ensued, and Mr. Alalouf ran into the second house, where a dozen bullet holes pockmarked the hallway he ran down, and he burst out the back door, where the officers opened fire once more, striking him and the door behind him repeatedly in a long, sustained barrage.
Many Americans still shaken by last week's attacks applauded President Bush's call last night for a new spirit of perseverance and unity in the face of terrorism, saying they supported a long, sustained campaign against shadowy terrorist forces around the world.
