long + past tense

[Jonathan Lighter]

A 2010 IMDb review of _Flying Leathernecks_ (1951) also refers to a fighter
pilot  (a Marine  in this case) as a "soldier" :

"Wayne and Ryan are well supported by JANIS CARTER (as Wayne's worried
wife) and DON TAYLOR as a carefree soldier."

JL

On Mon, Jul 23, 2012 at 8:46 PM, Dan Goncharoff <thegonch at gmail.com> wrote:

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> I think that horse is long gone from the stable.
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> On Mon, Jul 23, 2012 at 8:07 PM, Wilson Gray <hwgray at gmail.com> wrote:
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> > On Mon, Jul 23, 2012 at 5:54 PM, Benjamin Barrett <gogaku at ix.netcom.com>
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> > > Even given the slow fade of the perfect, this seemed odd to me:
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> > > "Meanwhile, Democrats long gave up the messaging battle on guns." =
> > > (http://www.cnn.com/2012/07/23/politics/obama-romney-guns/index.html)
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> > Yet another nail in the coffin of English as those of us born Before
> > The War know it. <sigh!>
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