31.   Approval by the union could take about a month, officials said.

32.   As austerity takes hold, Japan is expected to suffer the most, since Southeast Asia takes about a quarter of its exports.

33.   As billed by Kamen, it only took about a minute to figure out the gizmo that kind of reads your mind.

34.   At the same time, the church took in about half as much money as it needed to keep pace with day-to-day expenses and debt payments.

35.   Bacon said it would take about a month to amass enough ground troops to seriously threaten Milosevic on the ground.

36.   A bobsled ride takes about a minute.

37.   A film trailer that took an hour to download with your old modem will take about a minute with a broadband connection.

38.   A pair of pants takes about a month to make, a little too long for this holiday season.

39.   A flight from Washington to Havana should take about two-and-a-quarter hours, according to the Federal Aviation Administration.

40.   A senior Japanese official said the WTO dispute procedure would take about a year.