The Pew report said the city is in better financial health today as a result of the actions it took.

VOA: special.2009.07.13

That is the amount of time it took Associated Press photographer Joe Rosenthal to capture a historic image on film.

VOA: special.2010.05.31

All it took to force a negotiated settlement was for these dangerous men to show their faces in Dodge City.

VOA: special.2010.03.10

She was in Paris. Some of her stories were never used because it took too long for them to reach the magazine.

VOA: special.2010.04.25

It took him several weeks to learn how to string the crystals, and how to separate them so they would look nice.

VOA: special.2009.05.18

It took Mark Twain longer to write "The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn" than any of his other books.

VOA: special.2010.03.21

In the old days, it took a long time to count the votes from the November elections.

VOA: special.2009.01.19

Yet,it took some time for the team to confirm that the amino acid glycine came from space.

VOA: special.2009.09.30

It took the astronauts more than three hours to complete the preparations for leaving the lander.

VOA: special.2009.07.15

He built a raft to take him across even though it took him an extra day.

VOA: special.2010.06.26

It took place in a restricted driving area at the University of Maryland, near Washington,DC.

VOA: special.2009.11.03

He says it took a few years for Ug99 to show its destructive power.

VOA: special.2009.08.18

I once landed on my face. I soon learned that it took much less effort for me to move on Mars than it did on Earth.

VOA: special.2010.07.10

Each hot cake was so large that it took five men to eat one.

VOA: special.2009.01.24