31.   Not surprisingly, marriage was a predominant topic during the cocktail hour.

32.   One current fixture of the cocktail hour is the mashed potato bar, where various flavors of the stuff are doled out in martini glasses.

33.   Soon their cocktail hour moved to her apartment.

34.   The cocktail hour was about relaxing, slowing down and talking to each other.

35.   The cocktail hour is a sacred moment to us, bowing to Mecca, a meditative moment of the day I never fail to observe.

36.   The cocktail hour.

37.   The cartoonists will sell their works and pen a few originals during the cocktail hour.

38.   The idea of a peanut-filled cocktail hour aboard a trans-Atlantic flight, hours from an airport, can be the stuff of nightmares.

39.   The rich survived inconveniences like no ice for the cocktail hour and no chlorine for their pools.

40.   The women hardly knew what to do, sitting in the living room during the cocktail hour.