11.   If a horse fails again next year, it will be the longest period without a Triple Crown winner.

12.   If it does, it will have been the longest period of sustained economic growth in postwar history.

13.   Inflation has come way down since then, and the economy is now in the longest period of continuous growth on record.

14.   It was the longest period of time she has ever spent on a novel.

15.   Jackson said Gore was best able to help Americans continue the longest period of economic growth in U.S. history.

16.   Of those, eight lagged behind their category averages durin the longest period for which the funds had a record, whether for one, three or five years.

17.   Our economy is strong, indeed we are in the midst of the longest period of prosperity in our peacetime history.

18.   So far this month in Kansas City, the longest period without rain is only two days.

19.   The Internet has opened vistas for business that no one saw even a decade ago, and the United States is in its longest period of economic expansion ever.

20.   The recent streak is not the longest period of consecutive months of positive cash flow ever recorded, however.