Sentence examples for has long afflicted from inspiring English sources
The opposition's statement came as its own internal divisions became even more pronounced, an issue that has long afflicted the diverse array of Mr. Assad's adversaries in the conflict that is now more than two years old.
But Daimler's glum forecast for 2013 was the latest evidence that Germany, and other relatively healthy countries like Austria and Finland, risk falling into the recession that has long afflicted their southern neighbors.
Password overload has long afflicted techies, but as we all spend more time doing everything from shopping to banking to playing games on the Web, it's become a more widespread problem.
Ms. Betancourt also emerges as a central figure in "Hostage Nation," by Victoria Bruce, Karin Hayes and Jorge Enrique Botero, whose focus is precisely the broader guerrilla conflict that has long afflicted Colombia, and the resulting United States-led effort to undermine the FARC through what the book calls "the failed war on drugs".
All this is part of an appalling humanitarian crisis that has long afflicted the stateless Rohingya, who have been denied citizenship in a country with a Buddhist majority population that resents their presence and considers them illegal immigrants.
The many complex problems that have long afflicted public schools are being laid almost solely at the feet of the nation's teachers' unions.
Addiction and trafficking have long afflicted this poor, predominantly Muslim country, where the rise of drug use is blamed on Western influences and a lack of financial opportunities for young people.
In Italy, where youth unemployment has been at about 40% for three years and full-time staff jobs are nearly impossible to find, the exam cheating sheds light on some of the woes that have long afflicted the economy: widespread corruption, pervasive mafia influence, a lack of meritocracy and a rigid labour market.
This law allows those with pre-existing medical conditions to get coverage, it enables those who could not previously afford care to seek treatment for illnesses that have long afflicted them.
Brent Staples of The New York Times gets it just right: "the many complex problems that have long afflicted public schools are being laid almost solely at the feet of the teachers' unions". He says that many of the attempts to demonize teachers are "cartoonish" and he is right.
