61.   The rain has been falling in sheets for hours as a stooped, nondescript man returns home from work to his neighborhood in Buenos Aires, Argentina.

62.   The stock did not trade for the first hour as offers to buy overwhelmed sellers.

63.   The start of the trial was delayed for an hour as lawyers argued in private in the chambers of Superior Court Judge T.W. Small.

64.   The tally at the end of the day took just minutes, not hours as in the past.

65.   The two enemies chatted amicably for over an hour as the artillery rounds wizzed over their heads.

66.   Then I actually put in some hours as a waitress.

67.   Then the Americans waited for hours as British and other foreign troops inspected the road for mines and other threats.

68.   They listened patiently for about an hour as engineers pointed to maps showing the locations of the gas stations and the affected homes.

69.   Today the dollar was buoyed during Asian trading hours as Japanese investors sold yen seeking better returns abroad, traders said.

70.   Today there is so much competition that obnoxious calls from phone companies are as much a part of the dinner hour as family conversation.