11.   District belt-tightening forced eight of nine LACCD campuses to reduce everything from classes and teachers, to supplies and library hours over the summer.

12.   Historians can bicker for hours over the question of when Americans began to elect leaders of a more national bent.

13.   In Washington, a dozen senators met for an hour over lunch with a Chinese delegation led by vice foreign minister Liu Huaqiu.

14.   Last week, he flew to Miami to meet with Rodriguez for several hours over lunch.

15.   NBC said the information came from an unnamed American source directly involved in the negotiations, who met with Juan Miguel Gonzalez for several hours over the weekend.

16.   Nevertheless, it is possible to approximate the smooth texture without spending nearly an hour over the stove.

17.   Place meatballs in soup mixture and simmer for half an hour over a low flame.

18.   Ribs, grilled slowly for a couple of hours over indirect heat, are amazing, but you lose the time advantage that way.

19.   She has spent hours over the past week days hashing out Easter sermon themes.

20.   Sounds like the results of long hours over a hot stove, right?