But other experts offered technical explanations of how the wording was not meant to hide a drop in temperatures.

VOA: special.2010.01.19

To test the liquid, he placed a drop in the soil of a dying flower growing in a pot in the room.

VOA: special.2009.09.26

The result is a five to twenty percent drop in the amount of oxygen in the blood.

VOA: special.2009.07.14

"Are there people in the world with the foolishness to die because leaves drop off a vine?

VOA: special.2009.08.01

And then we drop in on parties." Some families like to take it easy on January first and enjoy a quiet day of rest.

VOA: special.2009.12.28

But the decision to drop the Bush missile-defense plan brought a mixed reaction in Congress.

VOA: special.2009.09.19

Experts say a reduction of only four or five percent in body water leads to a drop of twenty to thirty percent in work ability.

VOA: special.2010.07.27

Experts said there was still no experimental evidence to prove that the drop in crime was a direct result of efforts to clean up city neighborhoods.

VOA: special.2009.03.03

Soon,the rate of minor crimes in New York began to drop.

VOA: special.2009.03.03

Experts credit the drop to improvements in public health measures.

VOA: special.2009.09.28

He said the decision to drop the old missile defense plan in no way lessens America's commitment to their security.

VOA: standard.2009.09.17

Analysts arguing against an increase say a larger troop presence would lead to a drop in support from the Afghan people.

VOA: standard.2009.10.21

He noted that poppy cultivation decreased 19 percent nationwide last year and is on track to drop even further in 2009.

VOA: standard.2009.03.27

He agreed to postpone earlier elections in exchange for a power-sharing deal that saw his political opponents drop their electoral boycott.

VOA: standard.2009.07.19

Both companies have declared bankruptcy after failing to recover from a drastic drop in auto sales.

VOA: standard.2009.06.04

"Worldwide there have been nearly three quarters drop in deaths due to measles since 2000,"

VOA: standard.2009.12.28

The bill to drop the rock will come up for a vote in early August.

VOA: standard.2010.07.26

The violence, including an unsolved murder of a Punjabi accounting graduate, has caused a drop in the number of young Indians coming to study in Australia.

VOA: standard.2010.02.15

News of the widening trade gap, along with several other gloomy economic reports, contributed to a 2.5 - percent drop in the Dow Jones Industrial Average on Wednesday.

VOA: standard.2010.08.11

Danielle Courtney from the Orlando Convention and Visitors Bureau says while both foreign and domestic visitors to the city declined in 2009, the drop in international arrivals was felt more than numbers would indicate.

VOA: standard.2010.05.04

The Labor Department says first-time claims for jobless benefits took an unexpected drop last week, to the lowest number since 2009 began, and 20 percent lower than at its peak earlier in the year.

VOA: standard.2009.11.12

Even though the recession has forced a drop in the amount it costs to buy commercials in the big game for just the second time in history, they are still the most expensive on television.

VOA: standard.2010.01.27

"They're not quite there yet. There have been some serious efforts to deal with a combination of long-standing problems in the auto industry and the current crisis which has seen the market for new cars drop from 14 million [vehicles in annual sales to nine million.

VOA: standard.2009.03.30