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• n  a period of 25 years

• The operation, conducted by CIA alchemists from 1954 until 1963, was part of a quarter-century hunt for a psychogenic philosophers' stone.
• But starting with a 1965 bill that did away with country-by-country quotas for immigrants, and especially in the quarter-century since his failed 1980 campaign for President .
• On that day, Goddard who would ultimately be hailed as the father of modern rocketry sank into a quarter-century sulk from which he never fully emerged.

News & Articles

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• WYANDOTTE: Young anglers test their skills in annual fishing derby
  WYANDOTTE — The city’s fishing derby has been around for more than a quarter-century but its popularity is far from fading.
  June 16, 2013 - The News-Herald
• Hattiesburg chief ending 27-year firefighting career
  After more than a quarter-century in the Hattiesburg Fire Department, Chief David Webster is hanging up his helmet and turnouts.
  June 15, 2013 - The Clarion-Ledger
• Haut-Brion Double Magnums Among Bordeaux in Acker Auction
  Three double-magnums of Chateau Haut-Brion 1989 Bordeaux, its most expensive wine of the past quarter-century, are priced to fetch as much as $18,000 at Acker Merrall & Condit’s sale in Bridgehampton, New York this month.
  June 15, 2013 - Bloomberg

Quotes

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• John McCain in Bloomberg
  McCain said he was "acutely aware" that he can't win in November "without the support of dedicated conservatives whose convictions, creativity and energy have been indispensable to the success of our party over the last quarter-century."