There should be some sense by the end of the year,he says, whether or not serious progress is being made.

VOA: special.2009.05.23

Democratic leaders in Congress say they hope to pass a bill for the president to sign by the end of the year.

VOA: special.2009.06.19

The president is moving to raise that to about sixty-eight thousand by the end of the year.

VOA: special.2009.04.04

Drug-maker Bristol-Myers Squibb hopes to get permission to sell ipilimumab by the end of the year.

VOA: special.2010.07.06

By the end of the year, Union troops had complete control of the valley.

VOA: special.2009.12.03

He still wants legislation to sign into law by the end of the year.

VOA: special.2009.07.25

By the end of the year, the town built her a bigger, better school.

VOA: special.2009.07.26

President Obama wants a final bill passed by the end of the year.

VOA: special.2009.11.13

By the end of the year, the Velvet Revolution in what was then Czechoslovakia saw dissident playwright Vaclav Havel elected president.

VOA: standard.2009.11.03

We must move forward if we are going to get this bill done by the end of the year."

VOA: standard.2009.09.09

"In the fair-trade system the farmergets a higher advance price and at the end of the year they also get bonus payments."

VOA: standard.2010.03.10

As for how long the recession will last, Bryson predicts that the economy could turn positive by the end of the year.

VOA: standard.2009.03.18

Spokesman Chris Thorpe said the goal is to sell one million bracelets by the end of the year.

VOA: standard.2010.04.23

"The international conference, the high level conference that we propose on Afghanistan, is one that should meet before the end of the year,".

VOA: standard.2009.09.07

A major conference in Copenhagen at the end of the year will focus on ways to mitigate the worst affects of global warming.

VOA: standard.2009.08.30

Strickland says the project will create more than 400 new jobs by the end of the year.

VOA: standard.2009.09.13