Just about seven seconds away from where he was singing was another African giant, Youssou N'Dour.
Standard headlights barely cover the length of a football field, so that at 85kph, the most distant point visible is less than six seconds away.
Cancellara has increased his overall advantage to 33 seconds from Team Columbia's Tony Martin, with Armstrong a further seven seconds away in third position and Contador down to fourth place -- 59 seconds adrift of Cancellara.
The documentary charts Gretna's season, which saw them come from third place in October to lead by 12 points by January before being a matter of seconds away from finishing second to St Johnstone on the final day.
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The Rebels missed a chance to foul Cobbs and let precious seconds tick away before wrapping up Crabbe with 1.6 seconds remaining.
But as the seconds tick away to the firing up of a revolutionary new British space engine, it's hard not to speculate on its chances of success.
This time he knocked the ball in from close range after Laurens Ten Heuvel got in a header with United desperately trying to snatch an equaliser as the seconds ticked away deep into stoppage time.
The experimenter moved his head and eyes in a particular direction and gazed for 30 seconds before looking away.
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Two shots from Kuyt in 60 seconds, both pushed away by Landreau, came close to settling the late wobbles, and the tie was made safe in the final minute when Torres slotted home after Gerrard's shot from the edge of the box was saved.
"It took Saddam 20 years to build all that up, and a few seconds to make all go away, " smiled Faez.
Michigan's dramatic comeback Friday night raised the question of whether Kansas, up by eight with barely 90 seconds remaining, had thrown away the victory or whether Michigan had seized it.
There seemed little danger when Coombes received possession 30 yards from goal, but seconds later he was sprinting away in celebration after his piledriver flew into the roof of the Ahli net.
After Wilson's goaltend on what would have been a layup by Andrew Smith cut the lead to two 2 seconds later, Blue almost became the goat by throwing away the inbounds pass intended for Wilson with 2.9 seconds left.
Studies show that drivers can recognize the new signs at night from up to 20 percent farther away, or about two seconds sooner at highway speeds.
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To relax the eyes, some experts recommend that for every 20 minutes spent staring at a computer, people should take a break for 20 seconds and look at least 20 feet away, ideally out a window.
Seconds later, referee Hector Baldassi waved away penalty claims as Yuto Nagatomo went down under a challenge from Manchester City midfielder Nigel de Jong and the Dutch clung on to achieve maximum points from their opening two fixtures.
Zamora gave Fulham the perfect start in the Volkswagen Arena on Thursday, scoring after 21 seconds to cancel out Wolfsburg's late away goal in the first leg and leave the Germans needing two goals to force the game to extra-time.
He directed us to stand with our heels on a pair of marks on the floor, hold our arms out from our sides and stand still for roughly five seconds while the Kinect cameras mounted all around us snapped away.
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Even before NHTSA officials began talking about formal guidelines, car makers had adopted their own standards for designing safe infotainment systems, including a requirement that no task should require a driver to look away from the road for more than 15 seconds.
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Zlatan Ibrahimovic took advantage of Almunia's charge from goal to score seconds after the break before then grabbing a crucial second away goal with a rising drive after collecting Xavi's pass on the hour - his first goals in 11 games against English opposition.
If a daydreamer fails to pull the bottle away, the water automatically switches off after 20 seconds.
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Meanwhile, Rask flashed the glove to steal away a sure goal from Phanuef in the dying seconds of the second period.
Or the inbounding player, panicked by the thought that her five seconds were about to be up, would throw the ball away.
After a few seconds, like most people, that audience member may look away feeling uncomfortable with being singled out by the speaker.
Charlton had numerous set-pieces but were unable to take advantage of any of them and their misery was compounded when Lua Lua broke away to cross for Matt Sparrow in the dying seconds.
They almost won the tie on away goals when Nikolai Zhilyaev blazed over in the final seconds from close range.
Kansas eventually built an 11-point lead in the second half, but couldn't put Western Kentucky away until McLemore's two foul shots with 11 seconds left.
Seconds after it consumes a spill, the powder balls up and floats away for easy recovery.
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