21.   Story will include a bulleted list of the biggest longstanding problems with waste and duplication of spending that are not being discussed in the current round of budget talks.

22.   The accident focused attention on several longstanding problems.

23.   The close relationship between the government-employed Big Dig managers and private contractors hired to keep the managers accountable is a longstanding problem, the aide said.

24.   The Microsoft gesture follows two major settlement deals in the last month, which went a long way to resolving its longstanding antitrust problems.

25.   A Thai farmers organization has broken off talks with the government, accusing the authorities of insincerity in solving their longstanding problems, the group said Monday.

26.   Abraham said his proposal was meant to solve longstanding problems with the INS.

27.   Commerce Department economists say they are simply trying to correct a longstanding problem with the GDP measurement.

28.   First, someone has to get control of the weapons that have flooded the country, and then, someone must address longstanding economic problems.

29.   In announcing the release, Khatami also accused Iraq of refusing to cooperate to resolve the longstanding problem of POWs, Tehran radio said.

30.   Kono cited the longstanding territorial problem between Japan and Russia and said Japan wants to solve the row based on law and justice.