I will not trouble you with any lengthy cross-examination, Professor Coram, since I gather that you were in bed at the time of the crime, and could know nothing about it.

Prosecutors sought today to clamp down on Slobodan Milosevic's lengthy cross-examinations, saying his grillings could deter future witnesses from testifying against him in his trial here for war crimes.

David J. Novak, a prosecutor, sought to undermine Dr. Amador's testimony in a rigorous and lengthy cross-examination.

Actually, it was easy to drift off during the lengthy cross-examinations.

During lengthy cross-examination a defense lawyer for Col. Vidoje Blagojevic challenged Mr. Nikolic's credibility, reminding him of a lie.

During a lengthy cross-examination by the defense, Corpsman Gobles lauded Lieutenant Pantano's service in combat.

He called Greenwood as a witness in his own defence, who denied any involvement in his wife's death, and withstood lengthy cross-examination.

After lengthy cross-examination, the society dismissed his testimony as illustrating "once more the unreliability of memory."

Through lengthy cross-examination and procedural delays, Mr. Altman's lawyers stretched out the time it took the chief prosecutor, John W. Moscow, to tell his story.

"My kids stood up to lengthy cross-examination and came out credible."