Protract which mean lengthen.
The meal was protracted by Joanna Lou's failure to take into account the three-and-a-half-hour cooking time for the turkey.
1) The opening ceremony of the Beijing Olympics started at the 8th hour on the 8th day of the 8th month in 2008.
2) A figure-8 is a type of knot frequently used by climber.
3) The Guinness World Record for the smallest handmade chess board is held by a board 8mm wide.
4) Oxygen's atomic number is 8.
5) This year, the longest-surviving set of octuplets - 8 babies - the Sulemans, were born, conceived through IVF.
6) Nearly 8 in 10 businesses now use Apple Macs in house ; nearly double in the number in 2008.
source - Reader's Digest
2) A figure-8 is a type of knot frequently used by climber.
3) The Guinness World Record for the smallest handmade chess board is held by a board 8mm wide.
4) Oxygen's atomic number is 8.
5) This year, the longest-surviving set of octuplets - 8 babies - the Sulemans, were born, conceived through IVF.
6) Nearly 8 in 10 businesses now use Apple Macs in house ; nearly double in the number in 2008.
source - Reader's Digest
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