Rainfall has a direct link to the growth and width of rings on some kinds of trees.

VOA: special.2010.05.25

But are these a direct result? Two recent studies suggest that the answer is yes.

VOA: special.2010.03.04

Experts said there was still no experimental evidence to prove that the drop in crime was a direct result of efforts to clean up city neighborhoods.

VOA: special.2009.03.03

A direct meeting,or interview, also is usually required for entrance to medical schools.

VOA: special.2009.06.02

They feel a direct connection, like they can really participate in eradicating poverty."

VOA: special.2010.06.28

Yet many doctors reject this idea of a direct link to Parkinson's.

VOA: special.2009.04.07

She said she was on a direct path to Howland Island.

VOA: special.2010.05.26

The painters believed that nature was a direct representation of God.

VOA: special.2009.05.01

The group said there was a direct link between the murder and the anti-apartheid song called "Shoot the Boer."

VOA: standard.2010.04.05

So any movement by NATO into Ukraine is seen, at least emotionally, as a direct encroachment on Russia itself."

VOA: standard.2009.09.04

And there's increasing research that shows a direct but poorly-understood link between relationships and physiological processes in the body.

VOA: standard.2010.07.29

North Korea denies responsibility. These war games are a direct response to the sinking of the South Korean vessel.

VOA: standard.2010.07.26

This time round, this is a direct challenge to what they see as unfairness, as injustice and inequality."

VOA: standard.2010.05.19

The Obama administration came into office offering outreach to Tehran, including a direct U.S.role in big-power contacts with Iran on its nuclear program.

VOA: standard.2009.06.24