The final stages of the fighting displaced nearly a quarter of a million Tamils, who are housed in crowded camps in the north.

VOA: standard.2009.10.23

Since then, more than a quarter of a million people have been displaced and thousands killed.

VOA: standard.2009.05.19

But just a quarter of that it from his golf matches, the rest from endorsements.

VOA: standard.2009.12.16

When exports of automobiles crossed a quarter of a million in the first seven months of the year, India's auto industry had two reasons to cheer.

VOA: standard.2009.09.25

"Unemployment is at its highest level in more than a quarter of a century.

VOA: standard.2010.01.17

A quarter die from eclampsia, which is a problem related to high blood pressure.

VOA: standard.2009.11.10

Almost a quarter of suicides are teenagers and young adults aged less than 25.

VOA: standard.2009.09.10

Through the implant process,called Intra-cranial Electrophysiology,or ICE, the researchers have found that Broca's area processes three different language functions in succession within a quarter of a second.

VOA: standard.2010.01.15

They were inspired by the fall of the Berlin Wall a week earlier, which had divided East and West Germany for more than a quarter of a century.

VOA: standard.2009.11.17

Almost a quarter of a million people lost their lives.

VOA: standard.2009.12.26

Larger prospects for growth are being proclaimed by government officials after this year's defeat of the Tamil Tiger rebels, which brought an end to a quarter century of civil war.

VOA: standard.2009.11.09

"There are almost a quarter of a million concealed handgun permit holders in Virginia alone and this will allow them again to have a choice when they go out to eat."

VOA: standard.2010.07.06

"Here's an example of one relatively small part of the brain that's doing three very different things at three different times, but all within the space of a quarter of a second,".

VOA: standard.2010.01.15

The U.S.Labor Department reports nearly 670,000 Americans submitted claims for government jobless benefits last week, up more than 10,000 from the previous week and the highest number recorded in more than a quarter century.

VOA: standard.2009.04.02