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But when the Church of England rejects a compromise that would have left women as second class bishops, as Synod did on Wednesday, and a Conservative prime minister talks of quotas for women in boardrooms, as David Cameron did yesterday, then something important is happening to a long-familiar argument; something much more fundamental than trying to appeal to women voters.

Women at work: edging towards equality| Editorial 2012

•Data from Christian trends researcher Barna Research in Oxnard, Calif., finds the long-familiar bump in Christmas church attendance is mostly somewhat-regular attendees coming in from the cold more often.

Where is Christ in Christmas? 2008

In response Foxconn's owner, Terry Gou, has gone on the sort of PR offensive long-familiar to American companies in a bad spot.

Foxconn's Woes 2010

Barack Obama did Roosevelt one better: he began broadcasting his weekly addresses last November, as president-elect, and rather than continue to address the nation on the long-familiar radio as George W. Bush had done, Obama appeared on the Internet.

Kate Southwood: Obama on my Lap(top) 2009

Daniel Craig's first appearance as 007 in Casino Royale injected fresh like into a long-familiar franchise.

Are all second films of 007 actors flawed? DAVID BISHOP 2008

I woke up to the long-familiar words in the familar voice of our long-lived former President, Gerald Ford.

Memoirs, cartoons, rotting fish, peevish men... Ann Althouse 2006

I woke up to the long-familiar words in the familar voice of our long-lived former President, Gerald Ford.

Archive 2006-12-01 Ann Althouse 2006

I woke up to the long-familiar words in the familar voice of our long-lived former President, Gerald Ford.

"Our long national nightmare is over." Ann Althouse 2006

I like this sort of thing, mash-ups especially because it always puts a new twist on long-familiar material.

"'Strawberry Fields Forever' builds ... into a psychedelic swirl ... of 'Hello Goodbye,' 'Baby You're a Rich Man,' 'Penny Lane' and Piggies.''" Ann Althouse 2006

And a servant, a long-familiar and faithful body servant, could suggest a visit if the boy did not think of it himself.

Ill Met By Moonlight Lackey, Mercedes 2005