Spokesman Robert Gibbs said the address was simply meant to give students a boost at the start of a new school year.

VOA: standard.2009.09.08

The election will help shape Iraq's immediate future, either allowing sectarian and ethnic divides to deepen or giving more nationalist forces a boost.

VOA: standard.2010.03.07

But Arporn says that Thailand's overall economy will get a boost from strong export growth - up between three-point-five to four percent compared to 2009.

VOA: standard.2010.03.27

Southeast Asia led the region's recovery with a boost in arrivals of 15 percent.

VOA: standard.2010.02.04

President Obama got the most applause from opposition Republicans when he said the number-one focus in the coming year would be on creating jobs and giving a boost to small businesses.

VOA: standard.2010.01.28

The car sector could get a further boost later this month when Tata Motors launches its much-awaited Nano car.

VOA: standard.2009.03.13

To get at these non-mutating parts of the virus, Nabel and his colleagues used a two-step vaccination process, called "prime-boost."

VOA: standard.2010.07.21

Adding room and food charges and fees at renowned universities can boost the bill as high as $50,000 a year!

VOA: standard.2009.12.10

Japanese stocks fell Wednesday, a day after the central bank approved a new lending program to boost the country's stagnant economy.

VOA: standard.2009.12.03

But Immigration reform advocates maintain a legal path to citizenship for undocumented workers will help boost the U.S.economy.

VOA: standard.2010.04.12

Chechen President Ramzan Kadyrov said the end of the operation would boost the local economy and declared a holiday to celebrate the event.

VOA: standard.2009.04.16

Africa Command officials say the command has a far softer approach, trying to boost security through greater cooperation and capacity-building activities with America's African partners.

VOA: standard.2009.10.20

Nigerian Information Minister Dora Akunyili told reporters a range of measures have been introduced to boost security at airports in response to the failed attack.

VOA: standard.2009.12.28

Their campaign was given a major boost by Britain's first ever televised debate last week;

VOA: standard.2010.04.23

Earlier this year, the president challenged the private sector to join with government in a nationwide effort to boost student achievement in science and mathematics.

VOA: standard.2009.11.24

The British government, which has also closed its embassy there, is hosting a conference later this month designed to boost Yemen's ability to fight terrorism.

VOA: standard.2010.01.03

Economists say a weaker euro could boost European exports, but make U.S.products more expensive.

VOA: standard.2010.05.17

The New York Democrat said the embargo gives Cuba's rulers a scapegoat for their mistakes and lifting it will boost the U.S.standing on the world stage.

VOA: standard.2009.05.06

Currently,they can be held seven days. And it would boost from 120 days to two years the time a suspect can be held before being brought to trial.

VOA: standard.2009.09.10

On broader themes, Mr.Obama announced a U.S.initiative to boost lending and spur economic growth and recovery in the Americas, and proposed a hemispheric partnership to tackle energy and climate challenges.

VOA: standard.2009.04.17

But,in the meantime, people are beginning to drift back into Port-au-Prince, amid concerns that the opportunity to rebuild a less crowded capital and boost the rural economy may be fading.

VOA: standard.2010.07.16

By living at home,they will spend That's half the typical cost at a four-year state school, and a fraction of a private university's Adding room and food charges and fees at renowned universities can boost the bill as high as $50,000 a year!

VOA: standard.2009.12.14

The first step uses a bit of influenza DNA to get the patient's immune system to begin fighting off the flu, and then the protection is given a "boost" some time later by the second step, which can be either another bit of DNA or a conventional flu vaccine.

VOA: standard.2010.07.21

In a first reaction the EU's executive branch, the European Commission, said it was confident the Czech Republic could continue to "effectively preside over the European Union" despite the government losing a no-confidence vote in Prague Tuesday's vote of no confidence came after the opposition said the government came to late with a stimulus package of over three billion dollars to boost the ailing economy of this Eastern European nation.

VOA: standard.2009.03.25