"Insurgencies last a long time." "But,as you look at how long it took to turn Iraq around, it was about 18 months.

VOA: standard.2010.07.22

That's how long it took for an international team of scientists to excavate and analyze the fossilized skeleton of a 4.4 million year old human ancestor, Ardipithecus ramidus, which was discovered in Ethiopia.

VOA: standard.2009.12.24