1.   But that marshal, Al Martin, keeps his badge and gun locked up, saying a decade here has taught him that the community polices itself.

2.   His decades of experience taught him to keep his thoughts and feelings closely guarded to protect himself from all sorts of attacks, he said.

3.   It seemed only fitting that Jensen, who spent decades teaching people how not to drown, not to burn, would have one last live-saving message.

4.   The last decade has taught us there is money to be made from being pugnacious on the air waves.

5.   The past decade has taught many Japanese that economic growth is ephemeral at best, and saving is the most prudent course.