It was also designed to promote general prosperity, as there would be no lengthy debts and the wars of one generation would not be the wars of the next.
The telecommunications company and its bankers also held lengthy consultations with debt ratings agencies, eager to preserve Verizon's investment-grade credit rating.
After years of lengthy investigations into collateralized debt obligations, the mortgage securities at the heart of the financial crisis, the only individuals the S.E.C. has brought civil actions against for involvement in those transactions are half a dozen small-timers.
Greece's efforts were greeted with a new round of debt-relief after lengthy meetings in Brussels this week, while the EU leadership celebrated the deal as a "major breakthrough".
More here: Senate leaders close in on debt ceiling deal after lengthy talks on Capitol Hill US Senate Minority Leader, Republican Mitch McConnell, is surrounded by members of the news media as he walks from his office to the Senate floor yesterday.
This model looks for firms with lengthy histories of earnings growth, manageable debt and high returns on equity (a sign of the "durable competitive advantage" Buffett is known to seek).
My Buffett-based model looks for firms with lengthy histories of earnings growth, manageable debt, and high returns on equity (which is a sign of the "durable competitive advantage" Buffett is known to seek).
It is difficult to believe, in today's climate, that the government would want to enter into lengthy restrictive contracts (pdf) and further public debt.
"On the area of debt reduction, there was a very lengthy and very good exchange," Lael Brainard, Mr. Clinton's adviser on international economic issues, said on Friday.
The undated letter turned out to be Dumas's lengthy explanation of how his description of the debts of Empress Josephine had been based on documentary evidence.
