What was important, the scientists concluded, was simply breaking up the long, interminable hours of sitting.
See, once we were off on out long, interminable, costly wars against "terror," and all hands were on deck in the fight that would definee our future, it became really untenable for the military to be kicking out what few Farsi translators they had because they also happened to be gay.
"Despite Efforts, Airport Delays Are Worsening" (front page, July 16) doesn't discuss how one segment of those who experience the increasingly long and interminable delays at airports -- young travelers and their families -- react to those delays.
I think we could have a long and interminable debate about the role of credit supply and how much effect it had on house prices, but the key issue was not its effect on house prices but on the quality of credit.
(The subtitle of the British edition was "An Excavation of the 'Iliad.' ") Leaving out the boring bits, the long arguments and interminable speeches, forces us to see the "Iliad" through the lens of its fatalities, to recognize how extraordinarily violent it is.
As I approached her, I felt a palpable sense of sadness surrounding her -- the President then being deep into Alzheimer's, what Nancy called "the long goodbye" seeming interminable.
Bad lyrics, dull music, idiotic, would-be-daring dialogue, interminable long-winded scenes about nothing, and above all, amateurishness and ineptitude".
"Long-term investing is my mantra and my faith," Mr. Evensky said, "but I will admit that sometimes, long-term seems interminable".
In a letter to a friend, quoted in the program notes, Rachmaninoff described the First Sonata as "wild and interminable," so long and difficult that "nobody will ever play it".
Early in the show, when Dionysos is explaining his mission to Herakles, his half-brother, he begins a sentence by saying, "Anyway, to make a long story even more interminable... " Which demonstrates that while "The Frogs" may not make it as Attic comedy, it shares an essential trait with Greek tragedy: self-knowledge that changes nothing.
Admittedly, that pace can make even natives feel downright ornery when it translates into long lines and seemingly interminable waits for premium tables with a view at any of the popular (though generally overpriced and undistinguished) restaurants whose comfortable verandas overlook the water.
