1.  A Decision on whether to fund the project will be made next spring, as commissioners revise long-term plans.

2.  A follow-up study that looks at the long-term effects of transcendental meditation and muscle relaxation is expected to be completed in August.

3.  A full consideration of long-term consequences must guide our Decisions in future.

4.  A goal of short-term profit maximisation implies conduct different in important respects from that required by a long-term profit goal.

5.  A long-term growth pattern is displayed.

6.  A long-term irritant to the police has been the ongoing allegation that some officers have been closely connected with freemasonry.

7.  A long-term solution to the problem will not be possible until that conflict is resolved.

8.  A new intellectual independence can also be correlated with longer-term social trends.