31.   I even lost my phone service for a few hours as my symbolic death and rebirth was carried out.

32.   I guess school has let out, because most of my second hour as a Salvation Army bell ringer is spent talking to kids.

33.   I had not known I would live to see as fine an hour as this....

34.   However, they can work more and accrue the additional hours as paid time off.

35.   Idle exploration can take hours as each double-click of the mouse opens yet another window that slowly fills with icons instead of information.

36.   It was as boring a two hours as any other, although some of the students were entertaining.

37.   It was through this web of conflicted thinking that Rodriguez picked his way through his first official hours as a Ranger.

38.   Japanese companies are cutting jobs, wages and overtime hours as sales slide, the government reported today, the latest signs that the economy continues to deteriorate.

39.   Northbound Thruway traffic was halted for hours as rescue workers who swarmed to the scene rushed victims by ambulance and helicopter to hospitals in Kingston and Valhalla, N.Y.

40.   On Thursday, the ambassador went to Sisak and rode on the back of a tractor for more than an hour as a long convoy passed through.