And it can go from zero to ninety-five kilometers an hour in just two and one half seconds.

VOA: special.2009.11.03

The World Health Organization says tobacco kills nearly five and a half million people a year -- another victim every six seconds.

VOA: special.2010.05.31

It may last a few seconds, but it can get worse and worse with age, leading to a heart attack or stroke.

VOA: special.2010.02.17

Malaria kills about two hundred thousand children in Africa every year, an average of one every thirty seconds.

VOA: special.2010.04.20

He hit two free throws in the final seconds to give Los Angeles an eighty-three to seventy-nine victory.

VOA: special.2010.06.25

The problem may last a few seconds, but it can get worse and worse with age, leading to a heart attack or stroke.

VOA: special.2010.03.02

For example, the TMR patients completed elbow and wrist movements in an average of one-point-two-nine seconds.

VOA: special.2009.03.10

After a few seconds, when the X-15 was safely away, the pilot started its rocket engine.

VOA: special.2010.07.07

With forty seconds left in the game the crowd stood and began shouting "One thousand!One thousand!"

VOA: special.2009.03.20

They count down the final seconds to midnight as they watch a brightly lit ball slide down a pole on top of a tall building.

VOA: special.2009.12.28

In one event, riders try to stay on a wild animal for eight seconds.

VOA: special.2009.02.16

Five hours after the explosion, flight controllers advised firing the rocket for thirty-five seconds.

VOA: special.2009.07.22

Those using control words removed their hands after about one minute fifteen seconds.

VOA: special.2009.08.18

Historians say thirty-two shots were fired in the space of about twenty-three seconds.

VOA: special.2010.02.15