"Military experts tell us that it could take up to ten more years to achieve any acceptable outcome in Afghanistan.

VOA: special.2010.07.31

But we stepped up because we decided we were going to take the responsibility of changing it.

VOA: standard.2010.02.06

Hilal Kashan,Professor of Politics at the American University of Beirut, thinks it is unlikely the United States will take Mr.Assad up on his offer.

VOA: standard.2009.03.18

Local officials say it could take months to clean up the pockets of devastation.

VOA: standard.2009.10.05

It does not take long to use up these supplies, She says.

VOA: standard.2010.03.22

It also led these groups to abandonnon-violence and take up arms.

VOA: standard.2010.03.21

"But the problem on the relief well is not simply drilling all the way down, it is also connecting it up, and that is a delicate operation that could take some time."

VOA: standard.2010.07.16

"And as Iran makes choices that seem to indicate that it is not at this stage ready and willing to take up the offers on the engagement track, then we will put greater emphasis on the pressure track.

VOA: standard.2009.11.30

"If the image of the company is not satisfactorily strong in the public sentiment's mind it's easy for agents to whip up community outrage through the Internet through e mail, what have you, so the newspapers pick it up and say the foreign company is out to take advantage of Korea,".

VOA: standard.2009.11.05

"How do we get creative and think not just of what they have done, but what they are going to do next and next and next?" But the homeland security secretary says the U.S.government must also take care not to intrude on citizen privacy as it ramps up its defense of the worldwide electronic network government agencies, businesses and individuals increasingly depend on.

VOA: standard.2009.08.11