31.   Stores have extended hours, slashed prices and sent out a flurry of coupons to squeeze a respectable season out of this final weekend before Christmas.

32.   Supermarkets stocked up with extra food and supplies and extended their hours to accommodate.

33.   The hours were extended, then it was discovered that the chief plaintiff in the lawsuit had been dead the better part of a year.

34.   The museum is also permanently extending its hours.

35.   The New York Stock Exchange and the NASDAQ decided to extend trading hours because they feared losing customers to Internet after-markets.

36.   The playground pool will be opened ahead of schedule in April, and its hours will be extended.

37.   This will accelerate if German authorities agree to extend shopping hours into the evening or Sunday, he said.

38.   To cope with the increase, she has added seven employees and extended operating hours to include Sunday, when libraries are typically closed.

39.   Working hours were extended to have loan officers available for borrowers who were gripped with fear or stricken with conscience.

40.   A cap will be put on visitors admitted to the exhibition at one time, and exhibition hours will be extended.