11.   The preview period will last five weeks, during which lines will be cut, scenes clarified, songs adjusted.

12.   The retirement period can last for decades, sometimes rivaling the time spent in a career, and investments must provide money that stretches to that horizon.

13.   The ruling group has promised that this period will last for two years, after which national elections will be held.

14.   We had a period there last season where we were not as successful as we felt we should have been and they felt they should have been.

15.   All of us -- without exception -- must do our utmost to see to it that the transitional period does not last too long.

16.   Officials did not say how long the interim period would last or who would take control after that.

17.   The borrowing period lasts nine months, usually ending in October.

18.   The consultation period could last up to a year.

19.   The consultancy period will last for two months.

20.   The letter apparently is part of U.S. assurances to the Palestinians that the interim period will not last indefinitely.