After the whale was dead, the sailors would then slowly and with great effort take it all the way back to the ship.

VOA: special.2011.06.29

But nobody could agree on the best way to take care of it.

VOA: special.2009.06.06

"It was the Islamic world that paved the way for much of the technology and science that we now take for granted.

VOA: standard.2009.11.03

"As I've said from the day I took office, it's going to take months, even years, to dig our way out - and it's going to require an all-hands-on-deck effort."

VOA: standard.2010.07.03

"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