111.   But both men are spending long hours on the money trail, ignoring the last election and trying to get ready for the next one.

112.   But he invites me to spend an hour or two licking postage stamps, sit back, take it easy, and wait for my ship to come in.

113.   But in the course of spending several hours fooling with it, I learned a few things.

114.   But I still want to take a shower after spending an hour at a card show.

115.   But many days you have to get up at the crack of dawn and then you run off to some morning show where you spend an hour in makeup.

116.   But should the ghosts of Thurber and Smith meet and spend an hour in idle banter, Thurber might buy Smith an admiring drink.

117.   But the new plan shifts the focus from how many hours teachers spend to the quality of programs.

118.   But such reassurances sound a little inny after spending an hour in the same room with Sun chief executive Scott McNealy.

119.   But such reassurances sound a little tinny after spending an hour in the same room with Sun chief executive Scott McNealy.

120.   But the teams that spend countless hours and as much money as their sponsors will shovel into their bank accounts absolutely despise level playing fields.