Go: package main

import (
	"bufio"
	"fmt"
	"os"
	"strconv"
	"strings"
)

func main() {
	io := NewIo()
	defer io.Flush()
	for {
		n := io.NextInt()
		if n == 0 {
			break
		}
		accum := make([]int, 86401)
		for i := 0; i < n; i++ {
			s, e := io.Next(), io.Next()
			hs, _ := strconv.Atoi(s[:2])
			ms, _ := strconv.Atoi(s[3:5])
			ss, _ := strconv.Atoi(s[6:8])
			accum[hs*60*60+ms*60+ss]++
			he, _ := strconv.Atoi(e[:2])
			me, _ := strconv.Atoi(e[3:5])
			se, _ := strconv.Atoi(e[6:8])
			accum[he*60*60+me*60+se]--
		}
		ans := 0
		for i := 1; i < 86401; i++ {
			accum[i] += accum[i-1]
			ans = intMax(accum[i], ans)
		}
		io.Println(ans)
	}
}

func intMax(a, b int) int {
	if a < b {
		return b
	}
	return a
}

// I/O template
type Io struct {
	reader    *bufio.Reader
	writer    *bufio.Writer
	tokens    []string
	nextToken int
}

func NewIo() *Io {
	return &Io{
		reader: bufio.NewReader(os.Stdin),
		writer: bufio.NewWriter(os.Stdout),
	}
}

func (io *Io) Flush() {
	err := io.writer.Flush()
	if err != nil {
		panic(err)
	}
}

func (io *Io) NextLine() string {
	var buff []byte
	for {
		line, isPrefix, err := io.reader.ReadLine()
		if err != nil {
			panic(err)
		}
		buff = append(buff, line...)
		if !isPrefix {
			break
		}
	}
	return string(buff)
}

func (io *Io) Next() string {
	for io.nextToken >= len(io.tokens) {
		line := io.NextLine()
		io.tokens = strings.Fields(line)
		io.nextToken = 0
	}
	s := io.tokens[io.nextToken]
	io.nextToken++
	return s
}

func (io *Io) NextInt() int {
	i, err := strconv.Atoi(io.Next())
	if err != nil {
		panic(err)
	}
	return i
}

func (io *Io) NextFloat() float64 {
	i, err := strconv.ParseFloat(io.Next(), 64)
	if err != nil {
		panic(err)
	}
	return i
}

func (io *Io) Println(a ...interface{}) {
	fmt.Fprintln(io.writer, a...)
}

func (io *Io) Printf(format string, a ...interface{}) {
	fmt.Fprintf(io.writer, format, a...)
}

func (io *Io) PrintIntSlice(a []int) {
	b := []interface{}{}
	for _, x := range a {
		b = append(b, x)
	}
	io.Println(b...)
}

func (io *Io) PrintStringSlice(a []string) {
	b := []interface{}{}
	for _, x := range a {
		b = append(b, x)
	}
	io.Println(b...)
}

func Log(name string, value interface{}) {
	fmt.Fprintf(os.Stderr, "%s=%+v\n", name, value)
}

func ExampleIo() {
	io := NewIo()
	defer io.Flush()
	a := make([]int, 0, 3)
	a[0], a[1], a[2] = io.NextInt(), io.NextInt(), io.NextInt()
	io.Println(a)
	io.PrintIntSlice(a)
	Log("io", a)
}

C++: //#include <bits/stdc++.h>

#include <iostream>
#include <algorithm>

#include <bitset>
#include <vector>
#include <set>
#include <map>
#include <unordered_set>
#include <unordered_map>
#include <stack>
#include <queue>
#include <deque>
#include <string>
#include <utility>
#include <array>
#include <complex>
#include <valarray>

#include <cassert>
#include <cmath>
#include <functional>
#include <iomanip>
#include <chrono>
#include <random>
#include <numeric>


using namespace std;
//#define int long long

typedef long long ll;
typedef unsigned long long ull;
//typedef unsigned __int128 HASH;
typedef pair<int,int> pii;
typedef pair<ll, ll> pll;
typedef pair<ull, ull> pullull;
typedef pair<ll,int> plli;
typedef pair<double, int> pdbi;
typedef pair<int,pii> pipii;
typedef pair<ll,pll> plpll;
typedef vector<int> vi;
typedef vector<ll> vll;
typedef vector<vi> vvi;
typedef vector<vvi> vvvi;
typedef vector<pii> vpii;
typedef vector<vector<int>> mat;

#define rep(i,n) for (int i=0;i<(n);i++)
#define rep2(i,a,b) for (int i=(a);i<(b);i++)
#define rrep(i,n) for (int i=(n);i>0;i--)
#define rrep2(i,a,b) for (int i=(a);i>b;i--)
#define pb push_back
#define fi first
#define se second
#define all(a) (a).begin(),(a).end()
#define rall(a) (a).rbegin(),(a).rend()

const ll hmod1 = 999999937;
const ll hmod2 = 1000000000 + 9;
const int INF = 1<<30;
const ll mod = 1000000000 + 7;
const int dx4[4] = {1, 0, -1, 0};
const int dy4[4] = {0, 1, 0, -1};
const int dx8[8] = {1, 1, 1, 0, 0, -1, -1, -1};
const int dy8[8] = {0, 1, -1, 1, -1, 0, 1, -1};
const double pi = 3.141592653589793;

#define addm(X, Y) (X) = ((X) + ((Y) % mod) + mod) % mod
#define inside(y, x, h, w) (0 <= (y) && (y) < (h) && 0 <= (x) && (x) < (w)) ? true : false



signed main(){
    cin.tie(0);
    ios::sync_with_stdio(false);
    while (true) {
        int n;
        cin >> n;
        if (n == 0) break;
        vector<int> st, ar;
        rep(i, n) {
            rep(j, 2) {
                string tmp;
                cin >> tmp;
                int hh = (tmp[0] - '0') * 10 + tmp[1] - '0';
                int mm = (tmp[3] - '0') * 10 + tmp[4] - '0';
                int ss = (tmp[6] - '0') * 10 + tmp[7] - '0';

                if (j % 2 == 0) {
                    st.push_back(hh * 60 * 60 + mm * 60 + ss);
                }   
                else {
                    ar.push_back(hh * 60 * 60 + mm * 60 + ss);
                }
            }
        }
        int idx = 0;
        int ans = 0;
        rep(i, n) {
            if (ar[idx] <= st[i]) {
                idx++;
            }
            else {
                ans++;
            }
        }
        cout << ans << endl;
    }
}

C++: #include <limits.h>
#include <math.h>
#include <stdio.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
#include <algorithm>
#include <cassert>
#include <cfloat>
#include <complex>
#include <functional>
#include <iostream>
#include <map>
#include <queue>
#include <set>
#include <stack>
#include <string>
#include <unordered_map>
#include <vector>

using namespace std;

#define chmax(x, y) x = max(x, y)
#define chmin(x, y) x = min(x, y)
#define rep(i, n) for (ll i = 0; i < (n); ++i)
#define Sort(v) sort(v.begin(), v.end())
#define Reverse(v) reverse(v.begin(), v.end())
#define Lower_bound(v, x) \
  distance(v.begin(), lower_bound(v.begin(), v.end(), x))
#define Upper_bound(v, x) \
  distance(v.begin(), upper_bound(v.begin(), v.end(), x))

using ll = long long;
using ull = unsigned long long;
using P = pair<ll, ll>;
using T = tuple<ll, ll, ll>;
using vll = vector<ll>;
using vP = vector<P>;
using vT = vector<T>;
using vvll = vector<vector<ll>>;
using vvP = vector<vector<P>>;
using dqll = deque<ll>;

ll dx[9] = {-1, 1, 0, 0, -1, -1, 1, 1, 0};
ll dy[9] = {0, 0, -1, 1, -1, 1, -1, 1, 0};

const ll INF = 1LL << 50;

const ll mod = 1e9 + 7;

int main() {
  while (true) {
    ll n;
    cin >> n;
    if (n == 0) break;

    ll lsize = 60 * 60 * 24;
    vll lst(lsize, 0);
    rep(i, n) {
      string str;
      cin >> str;
      ll bt = stoi(str.substr(0, 2)) * 3600 + stoi(str.substr(3, 2)) * 60 +
              stoi(str.substr(6, 2));
      cin >> str;
      ll et = stoi(str.substr(0, 2)) * 3600 + stoi(str.substr(3, 2)) * 60 +
              stoi(str.substr(6, 2));
      lst[bt]++;
      lst[et]--;
      assert(bt < lsize);
      assert(et < lsize);
    }

    ll ans = 0;
    rep(i, lsize-1) {
      lst[i + 1] += lst[i];
      chmax(ans, lst[i + 1]);
    }
    assert(lst[lsize - 1] == 0);
    cout << ans << endl;
  }

  return 0;
}