11.   This launched a remarkable series of marathon meetings in Belgrade.

12.   After marathon meetings that went straight through the night, the opposition on Friday rejected a compromise proposed by the ruling party on key banking reform bills.

13.   He said the labor office is conducting marathon conciliation meetings and monitoring the situation in the six other companies.

14.   He made the statement after a marathon meeting chaired by Premier Costas Simitis to discuss new weapons procurements.

15.   However, the cardinals and bishops were still working over their final statement late Wednesday after a marathon meeting extending longer than four hours.

16.   It turned out to be a marathon meeting, spilling over into the next day.

17.   On Saturday, Putin spoke for an hour with U.S. President George W. Bush and huddled with his defense and security chiefs in a marathon meeting at Sochi.

18.   Rubinstein and State Attorney Edna Arbel held a marathon meeting Saturday night to finalize the report which they intended to make public Sunday.

19.   Richard Scott and his second in command were pushed out by the board of directors during a marathon meeting that stretched into early Friday.

20.   The boards of the media and entertainment companies had reconvened this morning to vote on the proposal after marathon meetings on Thursday, sources familiar with the matter said.