1.   It may take a decade for many countries in Asia, Latin America, and Eastern Europe to improve transportation, power supplies, and other utilities.

2.   Although he said Taiwan was prepared to consider reunification if China became free and democratic, he made it clear that he thought this would take decades.

3.   Although it took several decades, religious groups changed national attitudes toward dueling and the crusade succeeded.

4.   Although understanding the human genome is a task that will take decades, decoding the full sequence would be a giant first step.

5.   Analysts say the implications of the shift will probably take decades to sort out politically, militarily and perhaps legally, in court cases involving possible invasions of privacy.

6.   And even if an extraordinarily effective vaccine, akin to the polio vaccine, is developed, it will take decades to eradicate HIV.

7.   And it takes decades to achieve the equivalent skill level as a black belt in judo, for example.

8.   And that will take decades.

9.   And the hazards of smoking took decades to document.

10.   And why did it take a decade for much of the truth to come out?