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Or you may spend hours poring over the details and trying to figure out what kind of tests you need to add to your test harness.

There he sat poring over an open book when suddenly he raised his eyes to her smiled and said A cognac please.

On one of her first assignments abroad, she spent countless days poring over the books of a struggling Kenyan microfinance firm.

I saw her in corners, in spots with merely the faintest glimmer of light, poring over her books like a rat gnawing at something.

Before you start poring over the grid in the table, though, you'll need a little bit of background.

The two scientists have spent the last few days poring over maps and deciding which features they want to explore along the GSC.

Basic economic analysis is not a set of relationships discovered in a laboratory or after poring over reams of price data.

Although the original incentive was gone, (40)I continued poring over the encyclopedias, as well as an increasing number of other books.

She believed we could restore peace on our own. She spent many an hour poring over the books here in search of a way.

A father sat at his desk poring over his monthly bills when his young son rushed in and announced.

Still, this will be a fun addition for children who appreciate riddles and for those who enjoy poring over pictures.

At the age of 13 Gates was already poring over Fortune magazine and planning on building a company.

I join a man sitting alone, poring over a map. Luis, from Madrid, is a train buff in his fifties.

He spent the summer of 2003 at his holiday home in Maine, poring over technical studies describing the state of Saudi Arabia's oilfields.

What is the point of them poring over case studies of investment banks' acquisition strategies for the Chinese market?

If you are interested in art, literature or music, widen your horizons by poring over the science section. In the mood for spicy scandals?

She was poring over an old map of the area.

Ever since, Salinger fans have been poring over the text, looking for hidden meaning.

Two psychiatrists spent a total of 36 hours talking to Anders Breivik as well as poring over his diaries and police interviews.

All in all, an appealing entry that children will enjoy poring over as they meet some of the world's wildlife.

That's the man I see in those quiet moments late at night, hunched over his desk, poring over the letters people have sent him.

As well as poring over the books, they are touring facilities and examining plans for future products.

Police have been hunting for possible accomplices in the case, poring over Mr. Kerviel's trading records.

Police are poring over the 1, 500-page document and said was posted the day of the attack.

Investors could then spend less time poring over executive pay details and devote more of their efforts to issues of strategy, he adds.

I was setting in my office poring over the plans for a microphone installation when I received a summons to Hollis' office .

A daddy sat at his desk poring over his monthly bills when his youth son rushed in or announced.

Some were reportedly mistaken for missile silos by American officials poring over satellite images.

Meanwhile, the Y Combinator team is already poring over applications for its summer session, which begins in June.

Experts on terrorism will be poring over the attacks on Mumbai, looking for lessons and ideas.

More than 200 examiners have spent weeks poring over the banks' portfolios and asset valuations.

To plan, we spend several evenings poring over the travel brochures.

In my jobs, I'd find myself poring over every detail in an email proposal and wasting time.

In addition to poring over spaceflight transcripts, interviewing astronauts and pestering space experts, Roach gets very hands-on.

His lawyers are poring over the small print in the contract.

She spent much time poring over the question.

Many scientists are now poring over the results.

The professor kept poring over the student's papers.

Long hours poring over textbooks will probably remain a feature of children's lives for many years to come.

The tradesman was poring over his accounts.

I spent hours poring over history books for my test on world religions.

Everyone will be too busy poring over Lehman Brothers' figures.

It is painfully acquired through hours of poring over grammar textbooks and memorising the Koran.

Many people imagine code review as programmers poring over source code.

This is about as exciting as men in suits (and the occasional woman) poring over spreadsheets gets.

Antitrust authorities in America are also poring over the deal.

What is the book you are poring over this afternoon?

He had spent several hours in the library poring over those musty documents.

My father sat at the kitchen table, poring over the morning market reports.

When I went to visit him, he was poring over a novel.

Over the past few weeks, his every waking moment has been spent poring over his medical books

poring over the letters people have sent him

They have spent the past decade poring over census returns from America and Britain