1.  But Ted Van Dyk, a longtime Democratic analyst, disagreed with that definition.

2.  Longtime Mexican analysts said it came as no surprise that the influence of drug money had reached into the highest levels of the military.

3.  One longtime Conseco analyst who was remarkably silent on Tuesday was Ray Dirks.

4.  Such talk has even longtime analysts of the computer industry shaking their heads in amazement.

5.  Shibley Telhami, a longtime analyst, has concluded the Bush administration was trying to balance two competing tendencies.

6.  Shibley Telhami, a longtime analyst, said the administration was torn between outside pressures and fear of failure.

7.  Shibley Telhami, a longtime analyst, has concluded the Bush administration is trying to balance two competing tendencies.

8.  The mutual pledges to reduce nuclear weapons stockpiles by U.S. President George W. Bush and President Vladimir Putin of Russia are receiving only lukewarm approval among longtime American analysts.