The long-awaited announcement Monday prompted cheers from economists, support from members of Congress and a jump in stock prices on Wall Street.

Even just after the long-awaited official announcement, there was difficulty loading the Coachella official website was due to the inevitable traffic surge.

The prime minister made a long-awaited announcement saying that it was safe to return to the Swat Valley.

Mr. Cuomo's long-awaited announcement had none of the balloons-and-bunting pageantry usually reserved for such events.

The long-awaited announcement concluded a crucial aspect of one of the most painful chapters in modern Japanese history.

Next came the long-awaited announcement - that he planned to announce his candidacy.

A big rally on the eve of today's long-awaited announcement drew Seattle's Mayor and other top local officials, all in support of the fish.

Executives at the company said yesterday that though they hoped the long-awaited announcement was the end of a difficult period in the company's history, much work remained.

The long-awaited announcement raised only skepticism among experts - there were no mechanisms to handle the shift and Russian government officials were busy with political feuds.

In February 1988, the museum made the long-awaited announcement: Kirk Varnedoe was now director of the department of painting and sculpture.