Most people at that time thought it was not important for young women to learn anything more than to read and write.

VOA: special.2010.04.25

More and more of these famous people are using their popularity to bring attention to humanitarian and environmental causes that are important to them.

VOA: special.2009.05.08

And it wants poetry to be a more important part of school educational programs.

VOA: special.2010.04.05

Yet,in more important ways, she was a woman of and for her times.

VOA: special.2009.05.10

"Since China and America are working so closely and our relationship is growing more and more, I think it will be very important in the future to know Chinese."

VOA: special.2010.02.04

The report calls for more resources to study these important questions so farmers,seed developers, and policymakers can make better decisions.

VOA: standard.2010.04.15

And I think they have to face up to the reality that their seats are more important to them than their ideology,".

VOA: standard.2009.12.10

He said people could not control their reputation or how they were perceived, but that they could control their character, and that was much more important.

VOA: standard.2010.06.05

People who live in some of the world's most economically important cities are spending more and more of their work day getting to and from work.

VOA: standard.2010.07.26

"And there is nothing more important than protecting the identities of CIA officers.

VOA: standard.2009.04.20

"More and more I realize that actually chronic disease prevention is very important and also that diet is one of the most important risk factors for chronic diseases."

VOA: standard.2010.06.25

German Chancellor Angela Merkel said it is important to send a clear signal to the Afghans that more responsibility for running and securing their country is coming their way.

VOA: standard.2009.09.07

In his opinion, writing helps affirm identities, which makes sites such as Facebook,Twitter and other blogging sites all the more important as Iran's youth tries to shape its own identity.

VOA: standard.2010.06.15

And these mudbugs,as some call them, are about to become an even more important part of the region's seafood platters now that shrimp,oyster, and crab harvesting has been shut down in affected areas of the Gulf of Mexico.

VOA: standard.2010.06.17