21.   Although the dye is harmless, it takes about a week to wear off.

22.   An employee of the company buying the oil takes about a half-dozen readings and measurements.

23.   An hour of music in compressed format takes about a half-hour to load through the current Home RF transmitter.

24.   An administration spokeswoman said the online process took about half an hour.

25.   An American general said it would take about a week for Iraq to send all the troops to their home bases.

26.   An India Pale Ale is an acquired taste and it took me about three swallows.

27.   An outpatient procedure, Somnoplasty requires only a local anesthetic and a treatment takes about a half-hour.

28.   Analysts expect it will take about a week for leaders of the eight parties to form a cabinet.

29.   An MBTA official at the scene said it would take about a mile to stop a train traveling at that speed.

30.   Analysts disagree on what position Yeltsin should take about how many nations should be added to NATO in the first wave.