Dr.Chan says the WHO is no longer operating "at the level of top performance that is increasingly needed,and expected."

VOA: special.2011.01.19

But it was also an attempt to establish a top professional level for soccer in America.

VOA: special.2010.06.02

"We must stop the shark-finning which is resulting in the death of thirty to seventy million sharks each year because that has so upset ocean ecology by the removal of these often apex, top-level predators."

VOA: special.2011.03.15

The most potent reason that Asian-Americans are increasingly joining the army may just be because they now see top-level officers who look like them.

VOA: standard.2010.07.14

"We want to see the people who are identified as responsible - again,whatever the level, from the very top down - fully investigated and prosecuted."

VOA: standard.2010.03.04

Analysts have said the request could be in the range of 40,000 troops, on top of increases President Barack Obama authorized earlier in the year, which are moving the U.S.troop level to 68,000.

VOA: standard.2009.09.25

While the top-level process is continuing, Washington is consumed with a debate about whether the president should send more troops as the commanders want or take the air power and high technology route.

VOA: standard.2009.10.06