That night as many as 15 people may have dropped in and out of the Stratford Road house.
From Memorial Day to Labor Day weekend, he now runs up to 80 courts a night, as many as four nights a week, at Long Beach, Cedar Beach, Nickerson Beach and East Quogue.
Need I say more?" The show gets 100,000 call-in attempts and more than 1,000 e-mail messages a night; as many as 300 calls get through to a screener; 25 calls make it on the air.
Like everyone else I know who has ME, I am prepared to push myself when family demands it; I have taken my kids to A&E in the middle of the night as many other fathers have.
They began their night as many party-goers do -- eating pizza, watching movies, opening presents and loading up on sweets.
So much good can come from this one gathering every night or as many nights as you can arrange it that it is a real shame not to at least give it a try.
Now, it does 60 to 70 most nights, and as many as 260 dinners during its Grill Nights on Mondays.
About 175 people attend on weekday nights, and as many as 350 gather on the weekends, Mr. Murray said.
The festival — spread out over four nights, twice as many as last year — did everything in its power to earn a yes on all counts.
Several nights a week, a task force of agents from several city agencies would arrive at clubs late at night with as many as 40 people looking for violations that could range from too few fire exits to fruit flies in the vodka.
He said he had spent the night hugging as many victims' families as he could.
