To keep himself awake as he flew east during the long night, Post tied a piece of string to one finger.

VOA: special.2009.03.18

You might have to stay away from low-lying areas for as long as twenty hours after the first warning.

VOA: special.2011.06.07

And one that is moving continues to move at an unchanging speed, so long as no outside force influences it.

VOA: special.2011.06.01

Mr.Hawass is often described as a colorful leader who has brought Egypt's long-ago past to the attention of the world.

VOA: special.2011.03.08

The students were then asked to hold their hand in cold water for as long as they could.

VOA: special.2009.08.18

She turned from the window. She laughed as she saw Nate trying to cover the long, kicking legs of the baby calf.

VOA: special.2010.01.09

Anders Wilhelmson says the sanitation process can take as little as a couple of hours or as long as two to four weeks.

VOA: special.2010.03.15

But she thinks the new technologies are a great way to communicate as long as people still show traditional respect for each other.

VOA: special.2009.09.14

Professor Kaufman says it could take the slow-growing coral as long as one hundred years to recover.

VOA: special.2010.08.10

Parson Walker's wife was very sick once, for a long time, and it seemed as if they were not going to save her.

VOA: special.2009.08.29

And,she hopes that more travelers of all nationalities will see themselves as ambassadors who have a long term responsibility to the places they visit.

VOA: special.2009.04.22

This wall may work as well and last as long but it is not as pleasing to look at as the one built by hand.

VOA: special.2009.06.01

Most of these towns,however, lived only as long as gold was easy to find.

VOA: special.2010.03.18

Often,they sang about the long ride to the cattle markets where the cows were sold for beef, as in this song called, "Git Along Little Dogie."

VOA: special.2010.03.25