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

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

VOA: special.2009.01.19

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

VOA: special.2009.08.18

It took a great deal of time and effort to gather fibers from plants or animals to make into yarn which could then be made into cloth.

VOA: special.2009.11.04

He wondered how long it took a bird to die.

VOA: special.2010.03.20

It took a long time, but he succeeded.

VOA: special.2009.03.18

And it took a good deal of training to show to the staff members that that's really not necessarily right."

VOA: standard.2009.03.30

"Also it took away a lot of your fear of melodrama as well because it felt kind of seismic, if that's the right word.

VOA: standard.2009.11.23

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

Professor Robinson says it is not clear when the first marriage between a black person and a white person took place.

VOA: special.2010.09.03

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

There was a huge battle, but Bill took control of the big cat and put his saddle on it.

VOA: special.2009.11.28

"You see, we got a little hole in that flag there, When Washington took it across the Delaware.

VOA: special.2010.07.02

Then Andy took a large amount of money out of his pocket and asked Jeff to put it together with the other money.

VOA: special.2010.04.24