21.   Employers typically reduce hours as a first step, before they begin layoffs.

22.   Exempt employees, on the other hand, can be asked to work as many hours as needed without overtime pay.

23.   Everyone laughed when Sam Nunn rescheduled his press conference announcing his retirement from the Senate, which had been slated for the same hour as the Simpson verdict.

24.   For GM, the costs of the Flint strike are rising almost by the hour as one plant after another is closed.

25.   For the rest of his life, he was plagued by headaches, but worked long, hard hours as a firefighter in Brooklyn.

26.   He enjoyed his finest couple of hours as an Eagle in this game, he said, because it was tournament time.

27.   He is now paying a fearful price for his countless hours as a Players Association leader.

28.   He kept the jury waiting for hours as witnesses he had subpoenaed were questioned out of its presence and their testimony was ruled unrelated to the charges.

29.   Her employer pays her by the hour as an independent contractor, so she receives no benefits, no vacation and must pay self-employment tax on her earnings.

30.   Her father worked late hours as a restaurant cook, while her mother, an aspiring writer, stayed home with Gayl and her younger brother, Franklin Jr.