I remember that I didn't enjoy the Saint Mary's Math Contest in which I sat at a desk alone and spent several hours working on problems.
Several workstations up from Ruslan, Artyom Shuvayev, a freshman, also plans to be a physicist, but today he has spent several hours working with a multimedia textbook on Russian history.
I've done a translation myself (of a modern Greek poet), and my guess is that you could spend an entire working day solving the problems presented in this six-line passage — nailing down the meaning in a first draft, perhaps, and then spending several hours working out how to get the sound effects, to say nothing of the rhythm.
A big, fit Greek-Bronxian with a shaved head, a Columbo growl, and a profane tongue, he started at the beginning of his life (fistfights, flower deliveries) and over several hours worked his way up to vindication at the hands of the modern-art establishment.
After several hours working this issue full time, the C-17 arrived - and the two Blackwater individuals were evacuated - and as far as I know, they were manifested to Ft. Bragg, NC.
"A Pitt student trying to impress a date tried to jump between two buildings in Oakland and ended up becoming stuck in a space about 16-18 inches wide... Emergency responders spent several hours working to rescue the man, including cutting holes through the wall of a Qdoba restaurant..
/ The enormousness of the homework assignment required several hours of work.
"This is a slow-release drug taking several hours to work and then lasting for several hours.
Mr. Obama decided to join a law firm, where he later spent several hours on work involving Mr. Rezko's housing developments.
After several hours of work he had enough money to buy into a group planning to revive "Barefoot in the Park".
