1.   America has had a decade to understand the threat it faces from its former allies in the holy war against Russian infidels in Afghanistan and from Saddam Hussein.

2.   Anderson still lives in Tuscany, but now has a few decades of experience behind him.

3.   But its competitors have had a decade to tweak their networks to fill in dead spots.

4.   But until McCain came along to make things awkward for them, Republicans had a decade of ducking the critical Buchanan question.

5.   Companies would have a decade to invest in pollution controls to meet the new standards.

6.   Gates probably has several decades of earning and giving ahead.

7.   He has also had a decade of international grooming in Europe, the Middle East and Asia.

8.   In the meantime, bankers have had several decades to sharpen their home equity marketing skills in other states.

9.   Ivy League ivy had decades to grow, and on very ancient walls, in order to reach a dangerous state.

10.   Moscow and Washington had decades to feel each other out, and at the beginning of that period each had only a few bombs and no missiles.