Wright was coming off a 15-win season in the N.L. but was long removed from his American League success.
Mr. Stewart is long removed from the rough-and-tumble of the 1970s, and the "Time" album always sounds neater and cozier than the songs it echoes.
Dennis Rodman is long removed from his days on the court, and seemingly well into his mental senescence, but it was notable last week that news of his trip was met largely with amusement rather than disdain.
The Poles are long removed from the team's third-place finish at the 1974 World Cup, and they've not been able to muster much in other big international tournament since then.
Then again, the city is long removed from its Sodom-on-the-Hudson heyday, before former Mayor Rudolph W. Giuliani's quality-of-life initiative relegated sex shops, X-rated cinemas and their patrons to the city's hinterlands.
But baseball is long removed from being the most popular and profitable game in town; it is less a national pastime than simply another form of entertainment competing for our attention — there is, after all, a preseason football game on somewhere.
Charles Bronfman is long removed from the 2000 deal in which he and brother Edgar Bronfman Sr .sold their family's Seagram spirits empire to Vivendi for $34 billion.
The nearby watchman's shanty was not repainted, remaining the railroad's common red color and the team track had been long removed, with no remains were noticeable.
The beach volleyball icon is mostly retired and, at 38, admits that she's long removed from her last Olympics three years ago.
Most monuments, murals and other manifestations of Mr. Hussein's power were long ago removed, beginning with his statue in Firdos Square in April 2003.
