71.   Traffic snarled for hours as dozens of ambulances and officers from half a dozen local, state and federal agencies surrounded the building, which was cordoned off.

72.   Traffic was snarled for hours as pedestrians clogged intersections in a steady drizzle and the section of street along the rally was reduced to one lane.

73.   Traffic was re-routed for hours as investigators and fire department officials searched the premises and firefighters cleared debris.

74.   Until then, he is doing odd carpentry and painting jobs and his wife is working extra hours as a nurse to pay the phone bills.

75.   When he saw the pool that he had spent so many hours in as a youngster, it brought tears to his eyes.

76.   When they arrived in El Paso and checked into a motel, Robinson slept for a few hours as Maturino made several more calls to her brother in Mexico.

77.   While many of the tourists and staff made it out of the building, others were sequestered there for several hours as police blocked off major hallways.

78.   Police on Sunday questioned millionaire businessman Yaacov Nimrodi for several hours as part of a mounting wiretapping scandal.

79.   A clearly determined Norman worked and willed his way around an already difficult Shinnecock course that was getting tougher by the hour as steady sea breezes dried the links.

80.   A hearing set to begin late Monday morning was expected to take several hours as each of the charges against Reardon was read.