To sort out the confusion, Hashibe and her colleagues used statistical techniques to, in effect,make one big study out of the previous smaller studies.

VOA: standard.2010.06.30

Someone would bring the meat. Someone would bring the dressing. And we would all sort of combine the efforts to have a family Thanksgiving dinner and bring out the good china for that particular event.

VOA: special.2009.11.23

Those things will ultimately keep us stronger and protect us better than any sort of effort to stomp out who we perceive as the bad guys,"

VOA: standard.2010.01.19

Me making it into AFL will make them, will give them more opportunities and give them confidence to sort of go out there and do their own things to better themselves."

VOA: standard.2009.12.17

"The aftershocks will start off being fairly large and fairly frequent, and then sort of peter out as time goes on, although you will see aftershocks for weeks to months after the earthquake.

VOA: standard.2010.01.13

"I am one of the few new guys." "I definitely have been able to get a sort of perspective of what to expect and what to look out for in terms of managing the added pressure and different situations that are above and beyond something that I have ever encountered."

VOA: standard.2010.02.09