Word: hour-and-a-half
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...past the crowds, but it took five minutes to get to the floor. There was a great temptation not to return the pass. But two things, the rumor that Washington columnist Barbara Howar had been evicted from the convention for staying out an hour-and-a-half on her floor pass, and the DNC staffers' sheer meanness when they greeted you if you returned even a few minutes late, were strong deterrents. Those with orange passes had a much sweeter deal. They had far more passes to rotate among themselves, and could get to the floor much easier...
...student in the course, who preferred to remain unidentified, said he had heard the that exam had been submitted to the secretary at 9:30 a.m. yesterday, an hour-and-a-half before the scheduled class meeting...
...past 18 months the clinic's 56 patients have shed an average of 24 lbs. each. For their 20 hour-and-a-half sessions, at which they discuss their eating habits, patients pay a hefty fee of $500, no doubt part of the reason the clinic has had only five dropouts. Despite the dues (which go to the University of Pennsylvania Hospital for obesity research), Jordan and Levitz are booked solid until September and are now planning to train successful patients as lay consultants...
Ford does have a better idea when it comes to plant tours. They load people on busses every half-hour, and give them an hour-and-a-half run through the entire facility, plus a look at Dearborn--a town which tourguides lead one to believe, is a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Ford Motor Company. If you're lucky enough to arrive before 2 p.m., you get to see the assembly line. If you get there after two (we arrived at 2:03) you only get to see the Ford steel-making operations...
...numerous senior men's (45 and over) tournaments, Riggs is also the all-time champ in baiting opponents. "Women play about 25% as good as men," he insists, "so they should get about 25% of the money men receive. If any woman wants to spend an hour-and-a-half of her time proving women are as good as men, now's her chance...