Sentence examples for longstanding point from inspiring English sources

Another longstanding point of contention within the Bush administration is the conflict between Israel and the Palestinians.

They also touch on a longstanding point of contention in the world of Copland studies (or even merely Copland listening).

JERUSALEM — Israel's inner cabinet approved a plan in principle on Wednesday to withdraw from the northern part of a village straddling the border with Lebanon, addressing an American concern and a longstanding point of contention between Israel and Lebanon.

The low rate of prosecutions for these crimes by United States attorneys, who along with agents of the Federal Bureau of Investigation generally have jurisdiction for the most serious crimes on reservations, has been a longstanding point of contention for tribes, who say it amounts to a second-class system of justice that encourages law breaking.

Second, Rob Manfred, MLB's COO and longstanding point man for controlling drug use in baseball, gave comprehensive testimony at the arbitration hearing.

These different types of "depression" have sometimes been referred to as subtypes and categorized differently, a longstanding point of discussion within psychiatry over the last 100 years.

Another longstanding sore point between SUNY and the community has been how the college disposes of its sewage.

Israel's building of Jewish neighborhoods in East Jerusalem and West Bank territories seized during the 1967 war has been a longstanding friction point between Jerusalem and Washington.

Another longstanding sore point is the arms embargo that Europe and the United States imposed on China after its bloody 1989 crackdown on protesters in Tiananmen Square.

Of course, that Quebec was iced out of the 1982 Constitution has been a longstanding sticking point for everybody involved.

Its recent efforts to make peace with those it has had longstanding grievances point to its desire to be a broker of peace and a leader in the region: it recently reestablished ties with Armenia; it is seeking reconciliation with its Kurdish minority; and it has made diplomatic and military agreements with Syria, even suggesting that peace between Syria and Israel can only go through Ankara.