Dictionary definition: SIX hours sleep for a man, seven for a woman, and eight for a fool

Article: Texas Inmate Spared Hours Before Death
AP Online;  November 12, 2007 ;     700+ words ... ... of his or her role. When his execution was to be held in 24 hours, prison officials and a squad of guards showed up outside his ... inmates are in near total isolation, even spending their daily hour of recreation by themselves. Meals are served in the cells ...

Article: QANTAS CUTS LAST MINUTE DEAL WITH ENGINEERS TO AVOID STRIKE.
AsiaPulse News;  May 15, 2008 ;     700+ words ... ... offer. The association was threatening a four-hour strike in the afternoon peak hour tomorrow. But today ACTU president Sharan Burrow ... Qantas, Mr Dixon said most passengers would be spared hours of waiting in airport terminals. "This decision ...

Article: THE RELIABLE SOURCE
The Washington Post;  October 29, 1993 ;     700+ words ... ... the area Wednesday. No word on whether the house was spared. Hours before he flew to New York to campaign for Mayor David ... and handcuffed and detained him in a holding room for an hour. House Sergeant at Arms Werner Brandt, who oversees ...

Article: Saving...your money, your marriage, your mood. (recipes)
Vibrant Life;  September 1, 1989 ;     700+ words ... ... The cook can be spared hours of food preparation ... Some seven to eight hours later, delicious ... Cover and cook 8 to 10 hours. Stir in powdered milk the last hour. Just before serving ... Cover and cook 8 to 10 hours. Spoon over burger ...

Article: Bridge lift beats gridlock clock.(News)
The Mirror (London, England);  October 25, 1999 ;     361 words ...DRIVERS was spared hours of gridlocked traffic at the weekend when work on the Kingston Bridge ... raising the 52,000-ton bridge by one-and-a-half centimetres 16 hours ahead of schedule, and re-opened it at 2pm yesterday. The pounds ...

Article: Texas executes man; Forgiveness: He apologizes to the mother of ...
Telegraph - Herald (Dubuque);  October 23, 2001 ;     681 words ... ... Mitchell's case has failed to attract the global attention given in August to fellow inmate Napoleon Beazley, who was spared hours before he was to have been put to death for killing the father of a federal appeals court judge when he was 17. "I ...

Article: Dog Racing: Flaherty content with draws for Greenwells.(Sports)
The Racing Post (London, England);  May 16, 2006 ;     700+ words ... ... probably more - and I'm delighted with the progress of my two." Greenwell Flash and Greenwell Storm have been spared hours of motorway travel between Wimbledon and Flaherty's Scottish base by the decision to kennel them close to the premier ...