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  • When I left the Economist after a fifteen-year stint there, it struck me that there was an alarming overlap between my closest colleagues and my closest friends.

    Zero-Sum Future Gideon Rachman 2011

  • South Africa and Angola moved to end their fifteen-year conflict.

    Between War and Peace Col. Matthew Moten 2011

  • During his fifteen-year spell as Party Secretary, he oversaw a hardening of regional policies that were seen as a break with the relative openness of the 1980s. 57-year-old Zhang Chunxian, formerly the Communist Party Secretary of Hunan Province, was appointed to replace Wang.

    Henryk Szadziewski: 2010 - The Uyghur Human Rights Year in Review Henryk Szadziewski 2011

  • He joined the Financial Times after a fifteen-year career at the Economist, which included spells as foreign correspondent in Brussels, Washington, and Bangkok.

    Zero-Sum Future Gideon Rachman 2011

  • One evening out of a fifteen-year span of domestic content, he prepared his announcement.

    Soft Red Morning Susan Gibb 2011

  • During his fifteen-year spell as Party Secretary, he oversaw a hardening of regional policies that were seen as a break with the relative openness of the 1980s. 57-year-old Zhang Chunxian, formerly the Communist Party Secretary of Hunan Province, was appointed to replace Wang.

    Henryk Szadziewski: 2010 - The Uyghur Human Rights Year in Review Henryk Szadziewski 2011

  • “You are a fifteen-year veteran with the agency,” Robert Eickenberry said.

    Larger Than Lyfe Cynthia Diane Thornton 2011

  • The first book is tentatively called TO DIE FOR (ALMOST!) and features a fifteen-year old Saint Paul girl who's father is a vampire prince and her mother is a real Witch.

    Day in the Life of an Idiot lyda222 2009

  • “You are a fifteen-year veteran with the agency,” Robert Eickenberry said.

    Larger Than Lyfe Cynthia Diane Thornton 2011

  • This means it is particularly vulnerable now that the yen is at a fifteen-year high against the dollar; the Japanese car maker reported a net loss of 2.1 billion yen in the first quarter ended June.

    Ford Mulls Cutting Its Share Of Mazda Yoshio Takahashi 2010

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