1.   Controllers regained contact with the satellite after three anxious hours, and discovered that it appeared to be in full working order.

2.   The Prime Minister faces anxious hours before the votes are counted tomorrow night.

3.   As the anxious hours crawled by, my wife, Nancy, surveyed the neighborhood yards with a pair of high-powered binoculars.

4.   After a few anxious hours waiting in vain for the bag, he headed into town.

5.   But residents spent several anxious hours Sunday afternoon watching thick brown smoke rise off the charred hillside and debating whether to leave or stay.

6.   For a few anxious hours Friday, though, all that mattered was getting Pathfinder to the surface in working order.

7.   For a few anxious hours, Monday was one of those times.

8.   For eight anxious hours, Steve and Kayla Walls waited, updated by a nurse every hour.

9.   He says for a few anxious hours, Monday was one of those rickety times.

10.   In these anxious hours it is important not to lose sight of what must be the common objective of diplomacy and military force, if it comes to that.