Talk of 'Bonding' Board members emerging from days of nonstop meetings talked about powerful "bonding experiences" that had brought them together under Mrs. Gresser's leadership.

"Senator Codey has nonstop meetings, and so does Pete," said Mr. Codey's press secretary, Kelley Heck.

Few asked about her sweep through Europe and the nonstop meetings with heads of state.

(There were, it seemed, nonstop meetings at this stage of the campaign.)

Downstairs, guards in military-style uniforms slumped over their desks, waiting for a long day of nonstop meetings and airport shuttles to end.

But the agreement for a peaceful transition based in law followed a night rife with forebodings of disaster and of nonstop meetings to reach a consensus.

A heavy snow was a delightful respite from the grueling drudgery of nonstop meetings and conference calls.

There has been nearly two months of seven-day weeks, endless funerals and nonstop meetings, all centering on a tragic event that left myriad municipal problems in its wake.

I had nonstop meetings throughout the afternoon, important conferences with important people.

Some nights he would get home to his Palo Alto cottage around midnight after 16 hours of nonstop meetings, and he would cry.