"I left it all to the last minute and I'm so ashamed to say it but I did.

VOA: standard.2009.12.28

The UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights says too many questions related to the last stages of the war between the government and Tamil Tiger rebels remain unanswered.

VOA: standard.2009.10.25

We give the last word to Jamar, the high school student from New Jersey, and his hopes for two thousand ten.

VOA: special.2009.12.28

"I am not the first president to take up this cause," he said "but I am determined to be the last."

VOA: special.2009.09.12

The site was launched to the public last September by a start-up company led by its twenty-six year old founder.

VOA: special.2009.02.26

Play it by ear also means to decide what to do at the last minute instead of making detailed plans.

VOA: special.2009.09.13

The president said he expected the Senate to quickly make a last set of legislative fixes needed in the new law.

VOA: special.2010.03.24

To ease credit, the Bank of England last week reduced its main interest rate to 1.5% - its lowest ever.

VOA: special.2009.01.16

The repairs carried out in May by the crew of the Space Shuttle Atlantis are expected to be the last.

VOA: special.2009.09.30

President Obama promised to hold a summit on entrepreneurship in his speech to the Islamic world last June in Cairo.

VOA: special.2010.05.10

"American exports grew almost seventeen percent over the first four months of this year, compared to the same period last year.

VOA: special.2010.07.09

The Justice Department says rates in recent years fell to levels last seen in the middle of the nineteen sixties.

VOA: special.2009.12.19

That leaves just four. I want to see the last one fall before it gets dark.Then I'll go,too."

VOA: special.2009.08.01

In colder climates, parsley can go into the ground two to three weeks before the last winter freeze is likely to happen.

VOA: special.2009.06.02