It appears that the government is trying to drag the case on past June elections, Mr. Arnauts said, and "there is a real danger that this could be drawn out for years".
In most normal sports, great rivalries are drawn out for years or even decades, across dozens or hundreds of encounters; Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal have played each other thirty-seven timeso so far.
"It has been concluded by the courts that for the majority of children," Professor Wald of Stanford said, "it will be harmful for them to have their voices heard because it puts them in loyalty conflicts and it encourages disputes that get drawn out for years".
In protracted litigation, divorce proceedings can be drawn out for years, and in some cases, drawn out for a period longer than you were even married!
Pacific herring can spawn in waves, with between-spawn periods lasting up to 26 days [ 74] or possibly more (I. McKechnie, pers. comm).. Further, spawning may be more drawn out in years with larger Pacific herring populations [ 74].
"Starting Wednesday, Leader Pelosi, Congressman [Steve] Israel and other colleagues and friends spoke with Weiner and made the case that an ethics investigation would be drawn out [a year or more] and expensive; that the situation is a distraction; and that it would be better for Weiner to move forward with his treatment without the pressures of being a member of Congress".
If completed, the deal would be one of the larger mergers of the last few years, drawn out over months of talks.
"I had a very hard time after that, something like a nervous breakdown drawn out over about three years," he said.
Kevin Winters of KRW Law, which is acting on a pro-bono basis for Rowlands and other relatives of the victims, said: "The Birmingham Six case had a retraumatising effect on relatives of the victims because the litigation process was drawn out across so many years.
It was drawn out over so many years, and I wish they had done it sooner.
