While a pre-anesthetic patient assessment has been a longstanding required element of any anesthetic, it has been historically performed in close proximity to the scheduled surgery and has routinely only collected a limited set of clinical data.
He also asked for help from King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia, whose country has longstanding ties to elements of the Taliban, to help broker negotiations.
Mr. Hagel, in a statement on Thursday, said that in his latest exchange with the general, "I made it clear that the violence and inadequate steps towards reconciliation are putting important elements of our longstanding defense cooperation at risk".
Yet Hagel immediately softened an already soft blow: the Pentagon will "continue to maintain a military relationship with Egypt," he said, but "violence and inadequate steps towards reconciliation are putting important elements of our longstanding defense cooperation at risk".
As images of Egyptian security forces opening fire flickered across television screens in Washington, Mr. Hagel called General Sisi again and warned him that the violence had put "important elements of our longstanding defense cooperation at risk," as he put it in a statement afterward.
In effect, insurers said they were willing to discard an element of their longstanding business model, under which insurance policies are priced, in part, on the basis of a person's medical condition or history.
In effect, insurers said they were willing to discard an element of their longstanding business model — pricing insurance policies, in part, on the basis of a person's medical condition or history.
Quantifying rates of change in moving elements has been a longstanding issue in continuum mechanics.
The delegates rose to their feet in applause to thank the French delegation, which drew on the finest elements of the country's longstanding traditions of diplomacy to broker a deal that was acceptable to all sides.
A longstanding use of conductive ceramics is as heating elements for electric heaters and electrically heated furnaces.
