Mr. Daft presided calmly over the two-and-a-half-hour meeting, which was interrupted briefly by protesters demanding that Coke use more recycled plastic in its packaging.
The House Judiciary Committee hearing stretched on for most of the day, interrupted briefly at points as lawmakers rushed over to the Capitol to cast votes.
Mr. Rangel defeated Mr. Powell's father, who held the seat from 1945 to 1971, interrupted briefly when he was expelled because of corruption allegations.
"We'll see what we can do about that," Viktor interrupted, briefly allowing himself a moment of better-late-than-never introspection about his affair with Kata.
Political books from the left have flourished since 2001, but almost all of them have been critiques of the Bush administration, interrupted briefly and halfheartedly by the Kerry campaign of 2004.
A family's travels west in search of farm work follow a flat line of misery and maltreatment, interrupted briefly with the discovery of a government camp with indoor plumbing, but sinking again into low pay, extortive employers and an embryonic labor movement.
The hot topic has been the off-field shenanigans of a senior cornerback who won't be playing, a furor interrupted briefly Thursday by a ruckus prompted by a player who is no longer on the team.
That rapid growth rate has continued, interrupted only briefly, in 2009, by the world financial crisis.
That rapid growth rate continues to this day, interrupted only briefly in 2009 by the world financial crisis.
Initial public offerings have been on a downward trend for decades in the United States, interrupted only briefly by the internet stock mania of the late 1990s.
A new narrative emerged, featuring a new wave of billionaire geniuses whose appearance in the 1990s was interrupted only briefly by the financial crisis.
