Hypnion, based in Worcester, Mass., put a drug into a clinical trial in 18 months, rather than the usual three or four years.

They gave me a new car," Mr. Sears said, "and I put 35,000 miles on it in seven months.

"Exhibitions that normally take years to organize were put together in two months."

The first event was put together in just 3 months in 2007 and attracted 1500+ people; the following year drew a crowd of 5000+.

"If we don't put a case together in six months, we may lose it," he said.

But if it's to work in depth on the character, I'd happily put in two months.

The age of the cast ranges from 12 to 19 and the whole production has been put together in just three months.

Newsday put together its new book in just two months.

Mr President, this is the second urgent resolution on Zimbabwe that we have put forward in just over three months.

"We put this deal together in just a few months, so we didn't have time to lock up the terms and conditions," Mr. Bregman said.