A staggering 8.4 million jobs have been lost and the unemployment rate remains near double digits.

VOA: standard.2010.03.16

The numbers sound staggering: , Two million preventable maternal deaths,stillbirths and newborn deaths every year.

VOA: standard.2010.06.15

Two years ago,as Philadelphia faced a staggering number of home foreclosures,city officials, lender attorneys and homeowner advocates sat down to see what could be done.

VOA: standard.2010.02.17

Speaking by telephone from Kuala Lumpur,Malaysia, he told VOA this staggering amount of money allowed the Red Cross to undertake the biggest permanent housing program in its history.

VOA: standard.2009.12.26

And the number of regular heroin users jumped a staggering 140 percent.

VOA: standard.2010.06.23

still a staggering amount of money. Various reports have said James will move and likely choose among the Chicago Bulls, the New York Knicks, the New Jersey Nets, and most recently,the Miami Heat.

VOA: standard.2010.07.08