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Bart's crisp, authoritative tone will be recognizable to anyone who read his columns as editor of Variety, a position he held for two decades.

HOUSTON — Both candidates seeking the Democratic nomination for the Congressional seat held for two decades by Tom DeLay, the former House majority leader, are unusual.

Representative Gene Taylor, Democrat of Mississippi, who often is a reliable vote for Republicans, struggled to defend a seat he has held for two decades.

In Red Hook, where Old Timers Day has been held for two decades, the event, on the second Sunday in August, is a moment for warmth and nostalgia.

If Mr. Honda can win back the seat that Norman Y . Mineta now the secretary of commerce, held for two decades, it will be a crucial gain for Democrats in a state where four Republican House seats are considered vulnerable.

CHICAGO — Stunning many who considered the district west of Chicago reliably Republican territory, Bill Foster, a physicist and Democrat, won a special election on Saturday to fill the Congressional seat that J. Dennis Hastert, the former speaker of the House, held for two decades.

Before this interview is published, you will step down as Infosys's chairman, a position you held for three decades.

The same question was posed to the two other Democrats running for the seat held for three decades by Mr. Frank, who is retiring.

Democrats, in turn, are eager for Mr. Seals to grab the House seat Mr. Kirk is vacating — one Republicans have held for three decades.

There may have been a time when Yemen's president, Ali Abdullah Saleh, could have maneuvered a more graceful departure from the office he has held for three decades.

In Japan, Super Dry sales have more than tripled since the beer's introduction in 1987, and it became the best-selling beer last year, displacing Kirin Lager from the perch it held for four decades.