And it can go from zero to ninety-five kilometers an hour in just two and one half seconds.

VOA: special.2009.11.03

Malaria kills about two hundred thousand children in Africa every year, an average of one every thirty seconds.

VOA: special.2010.04.20

For example, the TMR patients completed elbow and wrist movements in an average of one-point-two-nine seconds.

VOA: special.2009.03.10

Historians say thirty-two shots were fired in the space of about twenty-three seconds.

VOA: special.2010.02.15

NASA officials counted down the seconds: five,four,three,two,one.

VOA: special.2009.07.08

Taking the silver medal, 0.38 seconds back,was two-time defending champion Andre Lange of Germany.

VOA: standard.2010.02.28

"He was telling me I need to finish second, and he was also telling me 'Don't step on the line,' and he was also telling me, 'Just try to stay close.' They shot the gun and I saw him for about maybe two or three seconds.

VOA: standard.2009.08.21

"Going out there, getting on the podiumand then watching two American flags go up while the national anthem was playing, and then to turn and there was like - it seemed like two or three seconds, but it was probably two-10ths where Johnny and I made eye contact - it was like 'We did it,'" Shortly after winning his gold medal, the 29-year-old Demong surprised his girlfriend Katie Koczynski by proposing at the post-race celebration.

VOA: standard.2010.02.27