11.   Rod now spends several months a year in Romania fighting for the children who have no voice of their own.

12.   And in fact, since the Cannes Festival, he has spent some months in his country home outside Warsaw.

13.   And the work can be stressful because staffers spend several months a year in their assigned countries.

14.   Astronaut Norm Thagard, who spent several months aboard the Russian space station, said he grew to enjoy the experience with his foreign counterparts.

15.   Atanasoski spent a month on a holiday-business trip this summer with his American wife Christine, whose ancestry is Slovenian-Bosnian, and their three sons.

16.   Barb admits she was a bit apprehensive about Agnes spending a month at her home.

17.   Before the Indianapolis game, Young had spent a month nursing a shoulder bruise.

18.   Biderman finally found a group of L.A. homicide cops who let her spend a month with them so she could learn how they really work.

19.   Blakemore spent a month in China overseeing the printing and assembling of the book.

20.   Beth Crawbuck, a board member of Children of the World, spent a month in Romania in the winter.