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>
#define rep(i,n) for (int i = (0); i < (n); ++i)
#define rrep(i,n) for(int i = 1; i <= (n); ++i)
#define drep(i,n) for(int i = (n)-1; i >= 0; --i)
#define srep(i,s,t) for (int i = s; i < t; ++i)
#define all(x) (x).begin(),(x).end()
#define rall(x) (x).rbegin(),(x).rend()
#define limit(x,l,r) max(l,min(x,r))
#define lims(x,l,r) (x = max(l,min(x,r)))
#define isin(x,l,r) ((l) <= (x) && (x) < (r))
#define show(x) cout << #x << " = " << (x) << endl
#define show2(x,y) cout << #x << " = " << (x) << ", " << #y << " = " << (y) << endl
#define show3(x,y,z) cout << #x << " = " << (x) << ", " << #y << " = " << (y) <<  ", " << #z << " = " << (z) << endl
#define showv(v) rep(i,v.size()) printf("%d%c", v[i], i==v.size()-1?'\n':' ')
#define showv2(v) rep(j,v.size()) showv(v[j])
#define showt(t,n) rep(i,n) printf("%d%c", t[i], i==n-1?'\n':' ')
#define showt2(t,r,c) rep(j,r) showt(t[j],c)
#define showvp(p) rep(i,p.size()) printf("%d %d\n", p[i].first, p[i].second)
#define printv(v) rep(i,v.size()) printf("%d\n", v[i])
#define printt(t,n) rep(i,n) printf("%d\n", t[i])
#define incl(v,x) (find(all(v),x)!=v.end())
#define incls(s,c) (s.find(c)!=string::npos)
#define lb(a,x) distance((a).begin(),lower_bound(all(a),(x)))
#define ub(a,x) distance((a).begin(),upper_bound(all(a),(x)))
#define fi first
#define se second
#define pb push_back
#define eb emplace_back
#define sz(x) (int)(x).size()
#define pcnt __builtin_popcountll
#define bit(n,k) ((n>>k)&1) // nのk bit目
#define bn(x) ((1<<x)-1)
#define dup(x,y) (((x)+(y)-1)/(y))
#define newline puts("")
#define uni(x) x.erase(unique(all(x)),x.end())
#define SP << " " <<
using namespace std;
using ll = long long;
using ld = long double;
using vi = vector<int>;
using vvi = vector<vi>;
using vl = vector<ll>;
using vvl = vector<vl>;
using vc = vector<char>;
using vvc = vector<vc>;
using vs = vector<string>;
using vb = vector<bool>;
using vvb = vector<vb>;
using P = pair<int, int>;
using T = tuple<int, int, int>;
using vp = vector<P>;
using vt = vector<T>;
const int mod = 1000000007;
const double EPS = 1e-9;
//const long double EPS = 1e-14;
const int INF = (1<<30)-1;
const ll LINF = (1LL<<62)-1;
#define dame { puts("No"); return 0;}
#define yn {puts("Yes");}else{puts("No");}
inline int in() { int x; cin >> x; return x;}
inline ll lin() { ll x; cin >> x; return x;}
inline char chin() { char x; cin >> x; return x;}
inline string stin() { string x; cin >> x; return x;}
inline double din() { double x; cin >> x; return x;}
//template<class T = int> inline T in() { T x; cin >> x; return (x);}
template<typename T>inline ll suma(const vector<T>& a) { ll res(0); for (auto&& x : a) res += x; return res;}
template<class T> inline bool chmax(T& a, T b) { if (a < b) { a = b; return true; } return false; }
template<class T> inline bool chmin(T& a, T b) { if (a > b) { a = b; return true; } return false; }
char itoa(int n) { return n + '0';}
ll gcd(ll a, ll b) { return b?gcd(b,a%b):a;}
ll lcm(ll a, ll b) { return a/gcd(a,b)*b;}
const int dx[4] = {1, 0,-1, 0};
const int dy[4] = {0, 1, 0,-1};

int toSecond(string str) {
  // 01234567
  // hh:mm:ss
  string sh = str.substr(0,2);
  string sm = str.substr(3,2);
  string ss = str.substr(6,2);
  int h = stoi(sh);
  int m = stoi(sm);
  int s = stoi(ss);
  int res = h*3600 + m*60 + s;
  return res;
}

int main () {
  while (true) {
    int n = in();
    if (n == 0) break;

    vi imos(86401);
    rep(i,n) {
      string s, t;
      cin >> s >> t;
      int ss = toSecond(s);
      int tt = toSecond(t)-1;
      //show2(ss,tt);
      imos[ss]++;
      imos[tt+1]--;
    }
    rep(i,86400) imos[i+1] += imos[i];

    int ans = 0;
    rep(i,86400) chmax(ans, imos[i]);
    cout << ans << endl;
  }
  return 0;
}

C++: #include<iostream>
#include<cstdio>
#include<queue>
using namespace std;
int main()
{
	int n;
	priority_queue<int,vector<int>,greater<int> > q;
	while(cin>>n,n) 
	{
		int leave,arrive;
		for(int i = 0; i < n; ++i)
		{
			int h,m,s; 
			scanf(" %d:%d:%d",&h,&m,&s);
			leave=h*3600+m*60+s;
			
			scanf(" %d:%d:%d",&h,&m,&s);
			arrive=h*3600+m*60+s;
			if(!q.empty()&&leave>=q.top())
			{
				q.pop();
			}
			q.push(arrive);
		}	
		cout<<q.size()<<endl;
		while(!q.empty()) 
		{
			q.pop();
		}
	}
  return 0;
}

C++: #include <iostream>
#include <cstdio>
#include <algorithm>
using namespace std;

//const int TIME = 60 * 60 * 24 + 60;
const int TIME = 10;

int main(){
	cin.tie(0);
	ios::sync_with_stdio(false);
	
	int n;
	while(cin >> n && n){
	int data[TIME];
		fill(data, data + TIME, 0);
		
		int a, b, c;
		for(int i = 0; i < n; ++i){
			scanf("%d:%d:%d", &a, &b, &c);
			data[a * 60 * 60 + b * 60 + c] ++;
			
			scanf("%d:%d:%d", &a, &b, &c);
			data[a * 60 * 60 + b * 60 + c] --;
		}
	
		int ans = 0;
		for(int i = 0; i < TIME; ++i){
			if(i > 0)
				data[i] += data[i - 1];
			ans = max(ans, data[i]);
		}
		
		cout << ans << endl;
	}
	return 0;
}