"So,to improve the quality of hurricanes over the U.S.A.five days in advance, you need to get better information over Africa.

VOA: standard.2009.08.30

"In the fair-trade system the farmergets a higher advance price and at the end of the year they also get bonus payments."

VOA: standard.2010.03.10

The military says heavy clashes are taking place as troops advance toward a 30-square-kilometer patch of jungle in which the Tamil Tigers are cornered.

VOA: standard.2009.03.17

Health Affairs editor Susan Dentzer says the rapid advance of information technology, along with declining prices, presents what she calls a spectacular opportunity in poor and middle-income nations.

VOA: standard.2010.02.24

In advance of formal talks, Democratic leaders are stressing the need to come up with a consensus that can deliver health care security and quality while controlling short and longer-term costs.

VOA: standard.2009.12.25

The refusal of Pakistan's President Asif Zardari to reinstate Chaudhry is a key issue driving the protest, in advance of which the government has arrested hundreds of lawyers, opposition politicians and activists.

VOA: standard.2009.03.11

The president has used appearances in St.Louis,and earlier this week in Philadelphia, to appeal for public support in advance of a hoped for vote in the House of Representatives, a crucial step in the final stage of his push for a health care bill.

VOA: standard.2010.03.10

"Advance provision of emergency contraception is the idea that providing women with a packet or several packets of pills in advance of need will allow them to access the medication more quickly, and that by accessing it more quickly, they'll be able to use it within that recommended time frame."

VOA: standard.2010.03.22