It took a number of years before Congress was able to pass a law demanding a literacy test for immigrants.

VOA: special.2010.05.20

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

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 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

But the next year, he took almost all of it for himself.

VOA: special.2009.12.12

It took three weeks for Grant's men to reach the steamboat landing.

VOA: special.2009.11.19

It took the Black Hills for the miners.

VOA: special.2010.04.08

"It took us a long time to get here. It is going to take some time for us to work through this.

VOA: standard.2009.04.05

"That is why last growing season, we took most of our produce to schools in this community and distributed it for free."

VOA: standard.2010.03.10

It took weeks for Toyota President Akio Toyoda to speak publicly about the recalls.

VOA: standard.2010.02.15

It took for him to die to see that. This was an amazing man,"

VOA: standard.2009.06.28

Meanwhile,the House Financial Services Committee took a step to make it easier for U.S.state governments and individual investors to divest from Iran, removing the threat of lawsuits for those doing so.

VOA: standard.2009.04.28

"Had it not been for the steps that we took with respect to GM and Chrysler, the situation in Michigan, I think it is fair to say, would be far worse."

VOA: standard.2009.07.14

That's how long it took for an international team of scientists to excavate and analyze the fossilized skeleton of a 4.4 million year old human ancestor, Ardipithecus ramidus, which was discovered in Ethiopia.

VOA: standard.2009.12.24

Japan's new Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama, who just took office last week, said his country hopes to be a "bridge" for the world as it faces challenges such as the global financial and economic crisis, climate change, nuclear non-proliferation and eradicating poverty.

VOA: standard.2009.09.24

"I was initially surprised by the news, because I usually expect older people, with longer experience in the peace process, but I took President Obama's winning of the prize as a promise for the future, as much as it is for his approach in the past.

VOA: standard.2009.10.09