He says calling for reductions in the national diet could have good effects, but it could also have harmful results.

VOA: special.2010.03.03

State lawmakers in California are considering a bill that would make it illegal for people to have,sell or distribute shark fins.

VOA: special.2011.03.15

It's pretty much the same thing. In writing, you have a blank page for you to start with.

VOA: special.2011.08.08

So it is normal for a burro to have some dirt in its coat.

VOA: special.2010.02.16

You've hit on the very idea. I wanted to spend the money on one thing, because I have to turn in a report for it, and I hate itemizing."

VOA: special.2011.08.13

"I would say that that's probably the biggest theme that you can see, is watching the artists and the professionals come through and talk about, there are new ways and new roadmaps for kids to succeed in the music industry, and they have a lot more access to doing it themselves."

VOA: special.2011.07.28

They do not have Thai citizenship or language skills - making it difficult for them to enroll in Thai schools.

VOA: standard.2010.02.24

"The policy we have had in place for 50 years has not worked the way we wanted it to,"

VOA: standard.2009.04.19

But too much of it can have risky consequences, says Michael Jacobson of the Center for Science in the Public Interest.

VOA: standard.2010.04.22

It has been a sobering time for his government as 18 soldiers have been killed in Afghanistan this month.

VOA: standard.2009.07.22

Unions have called for a nationwide strike in September, against plans to make it easier for companies to hire and fire workers.

VOA: standard.2010.06.24

They also often have limited access to health care and live in overcrowded homes, which make it easier for the virus to spread.

VOA: standard.2009.07.24

The price was just 15 percent of what it would have cost in Reno: except for airfare.

VOA: standard.2010.04.08

"You have lost me, for whatever it is worth, in terms of the viability of this mission."

VOA: standard.2010.07.30