Stephen Hillenburg,says he did not expect the series to last longer than one season, much less ten years.

VOA: special.2009.08.21

It acts like a washcloth, helps remove dead skin cells and makes the soap last longer.

VOA: special.2011.03.09

He says feathers are much stronger and last longer than another plant material, cellulose.

VOA: special.2010.06.01

He had a bad cold that seemed to last longer than usual.

VOA: special.2009.07.28

Making a guitar with a solid body permitted the sound of the strings to last longer because their vibrating energy was not weakened by a vibrating sound box.

VOA: special.2009.09.27

And,as a result, the Civil War would last longer.

VOA: special.2009.10.08

Light-emitting diodes are small glass lamps that use much less electricity than traditional bulbs and last much longer.

VOA: special.2009.12.21

He points out that traditional flowerpots made from petroleum-based plastics can last much longer.

VOA: special.2010.06.01

This would guarantee they would last a great deal longer than usual.

VOA: special.2009.09.05

The war could not last much longer.

VOA: special.2009.12.17

Europe's biggest economy,Germany, last week banned some speculative trading and has indicated it may do so in the longer term.

VOA: standard.2010.05.26

LEDs produce as much light as incandescent light bulbs but consume only 10 percent of the electricity and last many times longer.

VOA: standard.2009.12.13

"We expect that to last a little bit longer, but then in the fall and winter we will see a very big surge, as we have seen in previous pandemics,"

VOA: standard.2009.07.31

Let's go get this done. Thank you everybody. God bless you,". Mr.Obama went to the arena where John McCain accepted last year's Republican presidential nomination, and said the nation can no longer afford to play games with health care.

VOA: standard.2009.09.12