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Mr. Mugabe has led Zimbabwe for more than two decades, first as prime minister and, since December 1987, as president.

Mr. Goldstein has worked in denim for close to two decades, first helping to start the Ralph Lauren RRL line, and then for the Gap.

"I'm putting my trust in beneficiaries," said Mr. Tauzin, who represented Louisiana in the House for more than two decades, first as a Democrat and then as a Republican.

"Can you detoxify the company without de-Murdochizing, or is something more fundamental needed?" said Mathew Horsman, who has covered News Corporation and the Murdochs for two decades, first as a journalist and now as director of Mediatique, a consulting firm in London.

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Commercial radio became increasingly inhospitable to jazz in the 1960s, but Dr. Taylor found a home at National Public Radio, where he was a familiar voice for more than two decades, first as host of "Jazz Alive" in the late '70s and most recently on "Billy Taylor's Jazz at the Kennedy Center".

For two decades Seventh Generation had the eco-conscious market to itself.

They had known each other for more than eight decades, first meeting at school as 10-year-olds.

Supporting Egypt's military-led regime over four decades, first under Anwar el-Sadat and then Mr. Mubarak, offered strategic benefits to seven American presidents.

Mr. McDonald, a blunt-spoken son of this old mill city, has held elected office for more than three decades, first as a town supervisor.

Mr. Farmer worked in the Yonkers school district for three decades, first as a principal and, for three years, as superintendent.