You go into a dark cupboard and the light stays on for only 30 seconds, in which time you have to read the text on the screen.
That leaves a further six minutes and 40 seconds in which the listener has the opportunity to luxuriate in its tasteful opulence and mesmeric cadences.
Eskender Bekmambetov's "250 Years in 250 Seconds," in which Baroque style turns rococo turns Romantic turns 20th-century, was a clever idea not quite realized.
Julia Keller of The Chicago Tribune won the feature writing prize for her reconstruction of the 10 seconds in which a tornado ripped through Utica, Ill.
Just a neat 720 seconds in which our bodies must physically convey the kaleidoscope of humanity that sits behind our warm, sensual face.
The offer then appeared on a screen inside the MRI machine, and the respondent had twelve seconds in which to accept or reject it.
She was often so tired, in the midafternoon, that this handful of seconds in which to close her eyes seemed the true blessing of Buttony.
"I only knew him for those forty-five seconds in which he was trying to kill me, so I don't know," Wilson said.
During the fifteen seconds in which competitors are allowed to inspect the puzzle, most are able to plan out a handful of moves.
The cyclist has an extended appearance in this video, starting at about 2 minutes and 45 seconds, in which he delivers a taunting monologue to the driver.
They were punished for participating in an anti-Putin punk protest in Moscow's Christ the Saviour cathedral – 40 seconds in which the women, dressed in rainbow-coloured tights and balaclavas, sang a punk prayer.
