1.   The judge insisted that a tedious technical trial be run before Mr Schlichtmann could call non-expert witnesses.

2.   Court administrators, seeking to speed up tedious trials, are installing computers and visual aids to make it easier for jurors to see and understand evidence.

3.   That led to tedious trials that the airlines hope to avoid now.

4.   The jury, which is not sequestered, has remained mostly attentive through hours of sometimes tedious trial testimony and hundreds of government surveillance tapes.