For a start, it is protracted, bare-knuckled and deliciously hypocritical.
The controversies that arose from it were protracted, intense, and often ugly.
"It is well known in radiation biology that radiation-induced damage from a given dose of radiation is less effective if it is protracted or fractionated," he said.
Asked about the deadlock in Washington, Draghi said the shutdown, which began at midnight yesterday, "is a risk if it is protracted".
It was protracted but I really enjoyed the give and take of writing with somebody and the company and the comfort.
Most importantly, there is compelling evidence that mechanical ventilation per se, especially if it is protracted and delivered in a controlled mode, may lead to a decreased force-generating capacity of the diaphragm, associated with muscle atrophy, oxidative stress, and also wasting and damage [ 20- 23].
It is protracted later by continued but minor smoothing of the fields, now in place on the best planes, concurrent, if collateral interactions are included, with the adjustment of the planes with respect to each other, which extends over longer times.
Acting out of anger may be immediate, as in the case of a spontaneous insult, or it may be protracted or delayed.
"We don't know whether it will be protracted over a very long period of time, in which case the adjustments will occur in the normal manner without any significance, or whether they'll occur more abruptly," he said.
