First, though, Saddam faces weeks if not months of interrogation by the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA).
And it may take weeks, if not months, to fully restore power across the state.
All of the rampant speculation over the last few weeks, if not months, will soon be over.
Some analysts predict East London's housing market will eventually pick up but in a matter of years, not months.
It will be a matter of years, not months, before shareholders learn the habit of monitoring corporate performance.
That was something that might come only after several weeks, if not months.
Fire bosses believe it will take "weeks if not months" to establish how the blaze, in south-east London, happened.
"This interim government needs an infusion of a modest amount of capital in days, not weeks, not months, " said Sen.
Readying Merck's big drug launch, Magri emphasizes that the diabetes market is one that will develop over years, not months.
It will take weeks if not months to determine whether Mercedes or Toyota will see a larger post-Super Bowl sales spike.
Their governing body went bust just before the Games, and coaches hadn't been paid for a number of weeks, if not months.
"There is a certain period by which Setanta will have to pay up - and we are talking weeks not months, " he said.
This process could take weeks if not months and there are doubts McCourt has enough cash to last through the end of June.
Those job seekers can have employment gaps of years, not months.
Bartlett said Bush wants a U.N. resolution within weeks, not months.
Fredrik Reinfeldt, the Swedish prime minister, waited weeks, not months, to publish an official statement that both defended free speech and expressed regret that people had been offended.
That means an investment horizon of years, not months, and a willingness to wait days, not minutes, for a trade to be executed at the price you want.
The administration's urgency reflects concerns that Pakistan could keep the border with Afghanistan closed for weeks if not months, potentially resulting in supply shortages for U.S. and NATO forces there.
He said there was a recognition that a solution needed to be found in weeks not months, and a comprehensive solution needed to come from the G20 leaders' meeting in November.
What does seem certain is weeks, if not months, of hiatus in the Italian political system as political leaders discuss whether they can form a grand coalition that can govern the country.
In a matter of a few years (if not months), you and I will be able to get our complete genome sequenced for the cost of a night out at a decent restaurant.
Portions of Giffords' skull that were removed are still frozen in a sterile bag, and it could be weeks, if not months, before those portions are surgically returned to her head, doctors said.
Any real solution requires not months but years.
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The handful of coveted bootmakers to the stars tend to not take new customers or if they do, have waiting lists that can run into the years, not months, and their boots cost a fortune.
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With no means of communicating with the outside world, and no other human beings within thousands of miles, this was the Edwardian equivalent of an Apollo moon shot, but one that lasted years, not months.
The results will lead to weeks, if not months, of the customary horse-trading process of building a coalition that brings together into government politicians who have at times little in common, let alone a coherent agenda.
This journey will take years, not months.
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So Mayer, and by implication the entirely new Yahoo board that hired her, made it very clear that if Yahoo was finally going to get serious about turning itself around, it would take years, not months, to accomplish.
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