Since 1960, New England has seen the last hard freeze come a day earlier every three years, extending the growing season.
First, the expiration date of the agreement in three years extends beyond the holiday season, and this will blunt the impact of a strike if there is one.
Manager Joe Torre has allowed Matsui to play every game for three years, extending his consecutive-games streak to 1,787, counting time in Japan.
Since January 2004, China promulgated new minimum wage regulations that required local governments to introduce a minimum wage increase at least once every two years, extended coverage to self-employed and part-time workers, and quintupled the penalties for violation or noncompliance.
Increasingly, Stern has grown intrigued by soccer's 32-team World Cup, held every four years, extending for an entire month, unencumbered by simultaneous competition from other sports.
In April of 2011, we renewed the contract for another two years, extending our registration through the end of 2013.
The $21 billion tax package proposed by Democratic leaders Wednesday would extend the production tax credit on wind energy four years, extend investment tax credits on solar energy until 2016 (though at only about one-third of current levels) and include $2 billion in clean coal credits.
The structure of the Synod means a "no" vote puts off the proposed reforms for at least another five years, extending the acrimonious debate.
Golf got over Tiger, partly because Nike, which had funded him to mega-wealth since 1996, stood by him – and three years later extended his contract until 2018.
Ian MacGregor, NCB chairman, had told her in September 1983 that he wanted to cut 64,000 jobs in three years and extend the redundancy scheme to include miners under 50.
