11.   That fantasy is long over.

12.   That World Series, the Subway Series between the Yankees and the Mets, has been long over.

13.   The era of traveling artists is long over, however, and screens are sent to the artists to paint.

14.   The days when you could pick up an Antony chair or some other Prouve masterpiece at the Paris flea markets are long over.

15.   The hype is long over and now the Los Angeles Lakers are just a mortal team jockeying for playoff position.

16.   The game was long over.

17.   The great age of the metropolitan mansion in New York is long over.

18.   The New York primary will be long over before the slow-moving FEC gets around to investigating whether there was illegal coordination between the Bush campaign and Wyly.

19.   The scam was so incredibly simple that it was long over before I realized what had happened.

20.   The tragedy of World War II is long over and most of its important players have long since left the stage.