That meeting was the first one since Nov. 20, when both sides reported progress following a lengthy session.

"There has been some real movement," one union official said after the lengthy late-night session.

Most important, perhaps, is that a lengthy session of questions went by without so much as a breath about Anita Hill.

Under California law, emergency regulations can be issued before the often lengthy sessions of public comment and review.

Another possible factor cited was the lengthy parliamentary session that he had presided over.

I will need more specimens and a lengthy session with the ship's analyzer to tell you the form of life it was meant to feed.

Its lengthy sessions failed to achieve anything of note.

Capital Campaigning Some say that the lengthy session is no accident.

And several said they could not recall such a lengthy session.

Beyond the budget, lawmakers cite other reasons for the lengthy sessions.