Fire buffs are still around, but the word has taken on a wider meaning.

VOA: special.2009.05.17

In recent years, the word pan has taken on another meaning.

VOA: special.2010.04.25

But it has taken on new urgency,coming one day after the World Health Organization raised its global swine flu alert to Phase 4 on the six-point scale.

VOA: standard.2009.04.28

But now Close has taken on the new role of activist.

VOA: standard.2010.05.18

As the Polish Constitution mandates, the speaker of parliament has taken on the role of interim president and new elections are to be scheduled within the next 2.5 months.

VOA: standard.2010.04.12

With new studies finding increasingly strong links between diabetes and cardiovascular disease and even certain types of cancers, research to improve this dietary staple has taken on a new urgency.

VOA: standard.2010.06.25

On another subject he said he has never taken performance-enhancing drugs.

VOA: special.2010.04.10

Angola was the third stop on an African trip that has already taken her to Kenya and South Africa.

VOA: standard.2009.08.10

Al-Shabaab has taken over much of Mogadishu and southern Somalia, and is on a U.S.government list of international terrorist groups.

VOA: standard.2009.06.26

House Financial Services Committee chairman Democrat Congressman Barney Frank has taken a lead role in working with the administration on regulatory reform.

VOA: standard.2009.03.26

The council has taken recommendations from Simon Anholt, an international consultant on brand value and advisor who coined the phrase "nation brand".

VOA: standard.2009.11.05

One exhibit has taken a different tack focus on some of the world's beauty spots,wilderness and wildlife.

VOA: standard.2009.12.06

we're going to be doing these on a regular basis." "And I'm very thankful that everybody here has taken the time to come.

VOA: standard.2010.02.09

The graduation rate for schools so he has taken their focus on winning Taylor says students value sports, and applied it to academics.

VOA: standard.2010.06.24

And we're very pleased to see the Pakistani leadership has taken some decisions that are moving the country at least back on a path towards reconciliation."

VOA: standard.2009.03.16

The U.S.administration has taken notice. On Monday,the Treasury Department announced it will grant licenses to Internet companies to export Facebook,Twitter and other personal online services to Sudan,Cuba,and Iran.

VOA: standard.2010.03.09

"They just have too much impact." The White House has not taken a stand on the proposed legislation, focusing instead on President Obama's one-on-one discussions with Chinese leaders.

VOA: standard.2010.03.23

Some security experts say that President Obama avoids comparing the war on terrorism to conventional war between nations, but he has taken several steps to contain the threat.

VOA: standard.2010.01.19

So far,Mr.Hatoyama has not taken a firm stand on the issue.

VOA: standard.2009.11.11

"I believe he has taken an important step forward today in curbing the influence of executive compensation on Wall Street, while still allowing these companies to succeed and prosper,"

VOA: standard.2009.10.22

The Cape Verdean government has taken steps in recent years to promote foreign investment in tourism infrastructure, resulting in large scale development on a few of the ten principal islands.

VOA: standard.2009.06.04

They could get together and say we are writing a new rule on how these gold proceeds can be used, but no one has taken the initiative to start to make that happen."

VOA: standard.2009.04.20

"The right to vote should be restored carefully on a case by case basis after the person has shown that he or she has taken a new direction in his or her life."

VOA: standard.2010.03.25

So it is in fact the result of positive moves, which the Mexican government has taken to break the baneful influence that many of these cartels have had on many aspects of Mexican government and Mexican life,".

VOA: standard.2009.03.26

We had out of Norway, a program where a student developed a new type of ski sock that had a special padding in it, and was actually able to get a patent on that and has taken it to market and been very successful.

VOA: standard.2009.12.04

Opposition Republicans responded to the latest figures by focusing on specific sectors that continue to lag and renewing their assertions that steps President Obama has taken since he came to office, such as the $787 billion stimulus, have had little impact on the economy.

VOA: standard.2009.12.05