Politics is a rough old business, in which fairness has long rated far behind luck, fun and schadenfreude.
The state has long rated Ocean House one of the worst adult homes in the city, and is moving to revoke its license.
And profits always seemed to trump other considerations at Seaport, which the state has long rated one of the city's worst adult homes.
THE Mill on the River in South Windsor has long been rated one of the most romantic restaurants in Connecticut with its waterfalls, weeping willows and kissing bridge.
Saeed Ajmal, the Pakistan spinner who destroyed England in 2012 and has long been rated one of the best bowlers in the world, has been reported for a suspected illegal bowling action for the second time in his career.
Companies have long used "hurdle" rates of return to judge individual investment projects.
In some parts of Japan, there have long been high rates of infection with H.T.L.V.-1, which can cause leukemia.
Reason number one: Ph.D. scientists have long had unemployment rates lower than the national average, so it would be news only if that were no longer true.
Even though black men have long had lower rates of labor force participation than men in general, the gap has widened.
Rating agencies have long insisted that their greatest asset is their reputation.
