The lightweight,standard-issue Humvee is vulnerable to enemy fire and the heavier Mine-Resistant, Ambush-Protected truck,or MRAP, is too top-heavy for steep inclines.

VOA: standard.2010.08.01

In Germany this winter, the governing Christian Democrats proposed steep rate cuts to try to balance the market.

VOA: standard.2010.03.23

Some 3,600 firefighters are attacking the flames in steep terrain, using bulldozers, tractors and hand tools.

VOA: standard.2009.09.01

"Both reports are very stark reminders of the steep recession that we find ourselves in.

VOA: standard.2009.08.25

Investors also worry that steep spending cuts enacted by some eurozone countries could stifle recovery.

VOA: standard.2010.05.25

Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner hailed the news, but noted that steep economic hurdles remain.

VOA: standard.2009.11.01

The town lay on a flat plain at the base of an Allegheny Mountain valley so steep that the hillsides rose straight upward along the Little Connemaugh River.

VOA: standard.2010.04.26

Some researchers dispute the steep rise in the numbers.

VOA: standard.2010.02.10

"Whiteface is super steep. And it has ever-changing conditions."

VOA: standard.2010.02.09