1.   Each individual hearing lasted only a few minutes and none of the accused was allowed legal representation.

2.   The court hearing lasted just over an hour.

3.   A spokesman for the committee said the hearings would last no more than a day or two.

4.   But the hearing did not last long.

5.   Legal observers estimate the hearing will last three to five days.

6.   Members of both parties were so eager to dispense with the nomination that the hearing lasted little more than an hour.

7.   Most hearings last several minutes, with bankruptcy trustees recommending that debts be washed away.

8.   That hearing has lasted nearly a year.

9.   The hearing lasted less than two hours, and senators said they expected confirmation by the full Senate within days.

10.   The hearing lasted two hours.