Center volunteers, some of them victims themselves, undergo 40 hours of training to answer calls to the special telephone line: (908) 233-7273.

A few hours; maybe two or three days,' answered Collingwood.

An hour of phone tag answered that question.

"Just one hour to ten," answered Sir Hokus, squinting up at the great clock on the tower.

Students, usually in groups of three, spend an hour facing a professor alone in a room, answering questions and solving problems.

But four hours into the wet evening, he never answered her page.

"An hour or more," answered the other negligently, and took a pull at the dark beer.

His own 13 hours of testimony did not answer those concerns.

"At least twenty-four hours, plus light duty for a few days after that," answered the doctor solemnly.

"Sixteen hours at our present position," answered the android, "although we could meet her sooner by backtracking."