Many colleges and universities in the United States have guidelines for what they consider reasonable budgets for personal spending.

VOA: special.2009.05.21

To receive federal aid, career colleges must prepare students for what the law calls "gainful employment" in a recognized occupation.

VOA: special.2010.07.29

But that idea failed. So the agency decided to use the plane for what was then a new practice: smokejumping.

VOA: special.2009.11.24

This week on our program, we ask three generations of people what the holiday for love and romance means to them.

VOA: special.2010.02.08

One idea is that,as people age, they grow more thankful for what they have, and have better control of their emotions.

VOA: special.2010.08.03

Now a study by the Seattle Children's Research Institute shows how that idea can influence what parents order for their children.

VOA: special.2010.01.27

On Wednesday,BP officials came to the White House for what many people expected would be a twenty minute meeting.

VOA: special.2010.06.19

Three hours later, NASA officials told the crew that everything was "OK" for what they called TLI, or trans-lunar injection.

VOA: special.2009.07.08

In the United States,for example, more than twenty thousand teams are preparing for what organizers call memory walks.

VOA: special.2009.09.15

And many Republicans criticize the Fed chief himself a Republican for what they see as too much spending.

VOA: special.2009.08.28

And,many Japanese visitors go to General MacArthur's burial place in Norfolk,Virginia to remember what he did for Japan.

VOA: special.2009.05.24

She points out that many foreign graduates ask to stay for what is called optional practical training.

VOA: special.2009.07.02

It says visitors should think about the objects around them and ask how they were made and for what social and political reasons.

VOA: special.2009.01.02

She considers not only what would be interesting for the musicians to play, but also what would be interesting for the audience to hear.

VOA: special.2010.07.12