"It's a cautionary tale, but in many respects it is quite ambiguous about where it stands on the science."

VOA: standard.2010.06.09

But they add that failure to implement fiscal consolidation where it is needed could undermine confidence and hamper growth.

VOA: standard.2010.06.27

"It is not where it needs to be. But people are no longer talking about the financial system falling off a cliff.

VOA: standard.2009.07.23

But the military says it is in no hurry to enter the area from where the rebels are expected to make their last stand.

VOA: standard.2009.04.06

But the Navajo homeland is harsh country, where it's hard to find good-paying jobs and all too easy to fall sway to alcoholism and despair.

VOA: standard.2010.03.22

It's done,but it's hard for her to get to the point where everyone is going to accept that and this is the one that it, sort of,happens in."

VOA: standard.2010.07.07

"But unlike a lot of more traditional education, where it is a lecture, everything that we do is experiential, so we put young people into situations where they can actually be engaged in an activity; for example, starting their own mini-student experience those same challenges that we as adults would have when we start a business.

VOA: standard.2009.12.04

But no matter where the conflict is or what it's about, if you're serious about peace, you can't take as final the first 'no,' the second 'no' or even the hundredth 'no.'" In her statement, Secretary Clinton promised an "unwavering" U.S.commitment to a two-state solution, based on 1967 lines with agreed land swaps, that will create an independent and viable Palestinian state and an Israel with secure and recognized borders.

VOA: standard.2009.11.25