In times of extreme hardship, the human brain may have developed a way to create a social link, the sense of a helpful and guiding partner.

VOA: special.2010.02.24

Women usually have stronger social support systems to help them in times of trouble.

VOA: special.2009.03.24

"Most governments in the advanced economies will exit from the recession with the highest deficits and the highest debt-to-GDP ratios recorded in times of peace."

VOA: standard.2010.04.21

If there is one message to the Somali people, and especially to the students in medicine and nurses, we are going to help you,and were going to continue to help you, because it is so important that in times of crisis we have the right humanitarian assistance, (No Transcripts) I think it is important that the Somali people still have hope that the next batch of students are going to be able to achieve their graduation.

VOA: standard.2009.12.05

In two thousand six, a revival of "The Fantasticks" opened in the Snapple Theater Center near Times Square in New York.

VOA: special.2010.05.24

Banks in Austria,Italy and Sweden that expanded into the area during good times are now in danger of heavy losses.

VOA: special.2009.03.06

Hearst published the New York Journal. At times,both of them seemed more interested in selling newspapers than in respectable reporting.

VOA: special.2009.04.20

Since ancient times, thinkers including the Greek astronomer Ptolemy believed in the existence of a huge continent on the South Pole.

VOA: special.2009.06.03

The ratio of nurses to population is about ten times higher in the United States and countries in the European Union.

VOA: special.2010.06.07

So far,their findings have included pieces of a brick that could be from building materials used in colonial times.

VOA: special.2009.08.17

Rates of breast cancer in Japan, Singapore and South Korea are now three times what they were forty years ago.

VOA: special.2009.03.02

In ancient times,however, people believed that the swan was given a special gift of song at the end of its life.

VOA: special.2010.04.11

The goal is to stop the cycle of easing rules on banks in good times and tightening them only after a crisis.

VOA: special.2010.09.17

"There's a yield potential of maybe four thousand kilos, ten times what the average is in West Africa."

VOA: special.2010.10.19