1.   If she stayed in the shower too long, her mom or dad usually banged on the door to rush her so she grabbed a towel and dried off.

2.   Insurance companies and HMOs increasingly are paying hospitals a set amount for each patient, regardless of how long they stay.

3.   We do not know how long he stayed in Paris -- it could have been as long as a decade.

4.   And then see how long each vehicle stayed there.

5.   And he did it without a contract or even without any firm understanding of how long he would stay on the job.

6.   And no one is sure how long Johnson will stay in Houston, once he becomes a free agent when the season ends.

7.   And he was unsure of how long he would stay in prison.

8.   As for how long he will stay in baseball this time, Valentine said he will see how this season goes.

9.   Asked why he stayed so long, he quoted Plato and acknowledged that stubbornness played a larger role than reason.

10.   Beyond that, there was no immediate indication of how long Farrakhan would stay or what else he would do.