She noted that Napoleon took mathematicians, engineers and astronomers, along with 54,000 soldiers, on his Egyptian Campaign of 1798.

"It would take four very bright first-generation engineers a full year to program this site," Guha estimated.

But the last time a single news report had caused gridlock on his system, it took engineers 30 to 40 minutes to restore service.

It took engineers several days to recover the tape, which is when they saw that Tomlinson's assault was on it.

But in new twist, they are taking engineers, anesthesiologists, technicians and nurses with them.

The fourth redoubt was taken, as well as the battery, and Danish engineers worked to destroy what had been captured.

"It would take most engineers at least a week to build a passable ship model."

We have taken engineers and our field artillery batteries and turned them into first-rate infantry battalions.

Renovation was "a delicate puzzle" that took several engineers to solve, Mr. Schoenhals said.

I read somewhere that it took engineers 22 years to design the zip.