People who have never heard of a macaron usually confuse it with the much better known treat spelled with two Os,the macaroon.

VOA: special.2010.04.12

Party leaders believed their candidates would have a better chance of winning if they opposed the policy.

VOA: special.2009.10.08

I know where the young people come together, we have the possibility of doing whatever it takes to make the world a better place."

VOA: special.2009.07.01

At the same time, researchers continue working to help patients have a better quality of life.

VOA: special.2010.06.15

Let us see how all the questions that have arisen out of this unhappy subject of slavery can be better settled more fairly and justly than the plan I have offered.

VOA: special.2009.03.19

And by learning what it is about economic development or housing that actually helps to improve health, we can then design more programs and ultimately make better use of the knowledge that we have."

VOA: special.2009.07.20

"We must do better." Republicans have put forward a list of principles that they think should drive the 2010 budget.

VOA: standard.2009.03.17

(Speaking) Waxler says the agency should have provided better oversight and employed tougher standards for dealing with adverse effects of LASIK.

VOA: standard.2010.03.03

An estimated 80,000 scientists have left the country in search of better pay, funding and facilities.

VOA: standard.2010.02.03

"We would have a much better idea of what the Chinese are doing - how much technology they have and how much they have access to."

VOA: standard.2010.04.21

Despite better atmospherics in their relationship since the start of the Obama administration, the two sides have not resolved differences over Georgia, European missile defense and ways to prompt Iran to end uranium enrichment.

VOA: standard.2009.05.07

Analysts say by including private investors in the new initiative the government will be able to better evaluate the true value of these troubled assets and investors will have a stake in making a profit.

VOA: standard.2009.03.23

China's Finnish coach Hannu Juhani Saintula acknowledged that his team will have to get a lot better to compete with the likes of the strong U.S.squad, but he added the experience of playing the Americans can only help.

VOA: standard.2010.02.15

The pope said Angolans have received power from the Holy Spirit to be the builders of a better tomorrow for their country and said he came to Africa to preach "this message of forgiveness, hope and new life in Christ."

VOA: standard.2009.03.22