61.   It took decades, but the Clinton administration finally pulled it off two years ago, with Vice President Al Gore claiming it as a victory for reinventing government.

62.   It took Saxon decades to answer that question to her own satisfaction.

63.   It took a decade to bring the bankers involved to trial.

64.   It took a decade until several studies concluded transplant was no better than conventional therapy.

65.   It took decades but the Clinton administration finally pulled it off two years ago, with Vice President Al Gore claiming it as a victory for reinventing government.

66.   It took decades for the corporate giants to scent profit in Mexican food.

67.   It took decades for urban transit systems to wrest even a penny of the federal gasoline tax to help localities rationalize the way people get to and from work.

68.   It took decades to reach this point, years of intermittent doubt and confrontation.

69.   It may take decades to work out the shape of this newly expanded right-to-speak-incognito, even in the elections field.

70.   It meant tens of millions in lost tax revenues for the city and took decades to fill with private-sector tenants.