He says the extent and quality of long-term literacy is important to individual economic success and quality of life in a community and a nation.

VOA: special.2009.03.27

And Turkey acts as a buffer on Iran's border from the encroachment of Western NATO powers and to some extent Israel.

VOA: standard.2010.07.26

As in many developing countries, poor transportation and geographical isolation hamper efforts in Papua New Guinea to assess the extent of the various infections.

VOA: standard.2009.09.14

The United Nations says nearly 60 percent of Afghanistan is insecure to a greater or lesser extent, and access in these areas is limited and risky.

VOA: standard.2009.08.07

"There are so many people who work so hard everyday but they can't realize the benefits of that hard work to the extent that they should."

VOA: standard.2009.11.03

Activists from several civic groups held a roundtable at Moscow's Independent Press Center to discuss the extent of Russian corruption and what could be done about it.

VOA: standard.2009.05.15

"It has to do to a large extent with the stimulus measures taken by governments, and by the very vigorous response of central banks on the crisis.

VOA: standard.2010.04.21

But observers say there are plenty of unknowns, including whether Iran will cooperate with the tentative deal and to what extent the IAEA will be able to monitor Iran's nuclear efforts.

VOA: standard.2009.10.19

The demonstrators also announced a Freedom of Information lawsuit to force disclosure of the extent of a program called Secure Communities, which partners local police with immigration enforcement in the Department of Homeland Security.

VOA: standard.2010.04.28

"The bulk of our food production on this planet is dependent to some extent or another on oil or products of oil, so this goes right to the heart of,frankly, the way our society functions,"

VOA: standard.2009.10.20

"However,what Egypt did undermine, to an extent,especially in the last two years, has been to combine its legitimate defense of national security concerns with a wider appeal to Arab interests and Palestinian interests at the core of them,".

VOA: standard.2009.11.03