Their demand is that Congress act now to expand health-care insurance to the estimated 47 million Americans who do not have it.

VOA: standard.2009.07.31

The New York-Based Conference Board reports that its consumer confidence index stands at 54.1, up from a revised 47.4 reading in July.

VOA: standard.2009.08.25

The Institute for Supply Management's service index registered 46.4 percent in July, down from 47 percent in June.

VOA: standard.2009.08.05

As of September 23,2009, had been reported, with 97 occurring in the Gulf of Aden and 47 off of the remaining coasts of Somalia.

VOA: standard.2009.10.30

Brahim Al Ashwah is a 47-year-old father of six who also lives in the camp.

VOA: standard.2010.06.29

Mr.Orban,47,told parliament that he realizes he takes over a country mired in political tensions and struggling to overcome its deepest recession in nearly two decades.

VOA: standard.2010.05.29

Police say they recovered a pair of AK-47 rifles, two grenades,ammunition,false passports and other counterfeit identification from two men suspected of belonging to the group Hizbul Mujahideen.

VOA: standard.2009.08.07

The move does not lift the 47-year-old can U.S.trade embargo against Cuba.

VOA: standard.2009.04.13

The comments followed an overwhelming vote in the U.N.General Assembly on a non-binding resolution condemning the 47-year-old U.S.trade embargo against Cuba and urging Washington to lift the restrictions.

VOA: standard.2009.10.28

Okinawa is Japan's smallest prefecture in terms of land, but it is home to about half the approximately 47,000 U.S.military personnel on bases and ships in the country.

VOA: standard.2009.11.11

Mexico was the first country to qualify for the scheme last week, when the IMF agreed to provide it with up to $47 billion in emergency credit for a one-year period.

VOA: standard.2009.04.22

Heat typically becomes painful at about 47 degrees Celsius.

VOA: standard.2010.05.04

A recent poll by ABC News and The Washington Post newspaper found that 51 percent of those surveyed believe the war is not worth fighting, compared with 47 percent who support it.

VOA: standard.2009.09.02

I'm taking $24,562.47 that I got, that's left after a new hair cutand a new suit and took Mama outto a real fancy dinner, and I bought a bus ticket,then three Dr. Peppers.

VOA: standard.other

Life expectancy in Guinea Bissau is 47.

VOA: standard.2009.04.24

But those days are apparently over. The head of the U.S.delegation, Assistant Secretary for International Organization Affairs Esther Brimmer, told the 47-member Council the United States will work with other nations to forge common ground to protect and advance human rights.

VOA: standard.2009.09.14