1.   Arranging the marathon meeting was a risk, but it was a chance that had to be taken.

2.   Both men were dismissed during the marathon board meeting on Monday.

3.   By Tuesday morning, after marathon meetings to consider every piece of information available, that one sentiment made the other considerations moot.

4.   Following a week of marathon meetings with officials from Pertamina and the government, ExxonMobil executives were called Thursday to testify before a parliamentary energy commission.

5.   Inside the Jolie Ville Golf Resort, the marathon meetings were businesslike at their best and vituperative at their worst.

6.   It culminated marathon meetings yesterday between union leaders, Lima and other executives of the government-owned copper producer.

7.   Starting in March, the men and women who comprise the seven-member panel will receive training on how to cooperate better during their sometimes testy marathon meetings.

8.   That culminated in a marathon meeting on Wednesday in Washington that ended late Thursday with the decision to reopen negotiations on the terms of the deal.

9.   The agreement culminated marathon meetings yesterday between union leaders and Codelco President Marcos Lima and other executives of the government-owned copper producer, Fernandez said.

10.   The announcement came after a two-hour meeting of the U.S. Federal Maritime Commission, which held a series of marathon meetings on the issue last week.