Their demand is that Congress act now to expand health-care insurance to the estimated 47 million Americans who do not have it.

VOA: standard.2009.07.31

The New York-Based Conference Board reports that its consumer confidence index stands at 54.1, up from a revised 47.4 reading in July.

VOA: standard.2009.08.25

The Institute for Supply Management's service index registered 46.4 percent in July, down from 47 percent in June.

VOA: standard.2009.08.05

As of September 23,2009, had been reported, with 97 occurring in the Gulf of Aden and 47 off of the remaining coasts of Somalia.

VOA: standard.2009.10.30

Mr.Orban,47,told parliament that he realizes he takes over a country mired in political tensions and struggling to overcome its deepest recession in nearly two decades.

VOA: standard.2010.05.29

Police say they recovered a pair of AK-47 rifles, two grenades,ammunition,false passports and other counterfeit identification from two men suspected of belonging to the group Hizbul Mujahideen.

VOA: standard.2009.08.07

The move does not lift the 47-year-old can U.S.trade embargo against Cuba.

VOA: standard.2009.04.13

The comments followed an overwhelming vote in the U.N.General Assembly on a non-binding resolution condemning the 47-year-old U.S.trade embargo against Cuba and urging Washington to lift the restrictions.

VOA: standard.2009.10.28

Okinawa is Japan's smallest prefecture in terms of land, but it is home to about half the approximately 47,000 U.S.military personnel on bases and ships in the country.

VOA: standard.2009.11.11

Mexico was the first country to qualify for the scheme last week, when the IMF agreed to provide it with up to $47 billion in emergency credit for a one-year period.

VOA: standard.2009.04.22

Life expectancy in Guinea Bissau is 47.

VOA: standard.2009.04.24