1.   But as the idle days of spring turned to the long days of training camp, Maryland began to see the logic.

2.   He had never walked into my first home, never spent idle days with my son, until now.

3.   Harder to take, however, were the idle days he spent in the jockey room waiting for a break.

4.   So worry not how Gretzky will fill his idle days.

5.   The Corrections Corp. counselors were more willing to talk with him, he said, and there were more jobs available to occupy otherwise idle days.

6.   Formula One drivers reveal dreams on idle days.

7.   They spend idle days playing ball, watching Thai TV and praying.