The report said the residents were attempting to do as much work in the shorter time as they had done while working more hours.

VOA: special.2009.06.02

The president is now attempting to regain the political momentum in the health care debate by trying to reassure the public.

VOA: standard.2009.09.02

Civil war cut the nation in half in 2002, after rebels attempting to overthrow President Gbagbo took control of the northern part of the country.

VOA: standard.2009.09.29

Somalia's new president,Sheikh Sharif Ahmed, a moderate Islamist and a former insurgent leader, is attempting to establish government control in the country and to gain the support of Islamist insurgents.

VOA: standard.2009.03.16

So yes,while we have national AIDS programs, while countries are attempting to draw up their national strategies, coverage,in terms of treatment, voluntary counseling and testing and even prevention, is very,very poor.

VOA: standard.2010.07.07

Chair of the Political Science Department at the American University in Cairo Walid Kazziha says that it is likely that Mr.Netanyahu will be attempting to get Mr.Mubarak to ease pressure on Israeli settlement issue.

VOA: standard.2009.09.13

"There are,of course,some in Washington who are attempting to draw old battle lines and playing the usual political games, pulling a few comments out of context to paint a distorted picture of Judge Sotomayor's record,"

VOA: standard.2009.05.30

In 2007,expenditures on health care totaled about one-sixth of the entire U.S.economy, and even top congressional leaders acknowledge that attempting to rein in health-care costs while at the same time expanding health-insurance coverage is a daunting task.

VOA: standard.2009.07.31

The International Monetary Fund last week released the second payment of a controversial The United States, which has the largest voting share on the IMF's executive board, was seen as attempting to delay the huge loan to pressure Sri Lanka to address human rights issues in the country.

VOA: standard.2009.11.09

Director Roxana Silbert, "What's great about what we're doing is it allows them to come to it in their own terms and of course the thing that young people find most alienating about Shakespeare is the language, which feels like a different language to them and this isn't in anyway attempting to copy Shakespeare's language - it's written by young people in a language they would use."

VOA: standard.2010.05.07