We will use the best evidence available to determine whether a state can meet a few key benchmarks for reform.

VOA: special.2009.07.30

"I had to take a chance that Stanley is going to represent a key moment in the history of American technology that indicates the future of driving.

VOA: special.2011.06.21

It is called Highway One. It starts into the Keys from the state of Florida at a bridge that crosses the water to the island of Key Largo.

VOA: special.2010.03.22

"One of the absolutely key, most important variables as to whether or not a forest survives and continues is whether local people monitor each other and its use.

VOA: special.2009.10.16

The United States maintains a key logistical military air base outside Bishkek to support NATO operations to fight insurgents in Afghanistan.

VOA: standard.2010.04.12

But he stresses that continued U.S.support for democracy in the Muslim world is a key requisite to improving relations.

VOA: standard.2010.05.11

He tells these teenagers the key to being an astronaut is having a solid background in math and science.

VOA: standard.2010.02.02

The Obama administration considers Pakistan key to its strategy to fight a violent Taliban insurgency in neighboring Afghanistan.

VOA: standard.2009.06.03

Geithner said one key to a sustained economic recovery will be to reduce U.S.federal deficits and stop adding to America's national debt.

VOA: standard.2009.08.02

The general referred to that goal at a low-key ceremony during which he formally took on his new duties Monday in Kabul.

VOA: standard.2009.06.15

Analysts say a key question is whether Russia will continue to insist missile defense be linked to the conclusion of an arms-control agreement.

VOA: standard.2009.07.15

An earlier leaders meeting had to be canceled after anti-government protesters stormed a key venue where the summit was due to be held.

VOA: standard.2009.10.09

A key stumbling block was Kirkuk. Ethnic Kurds would like to see the oil-rich city under the control of the Kurdistan Regional Government.

VOA: standard.2009.11.09

Finance Minister Hirohisa Fujii says the key to Japan's economic recovery will be a policy that puts money in the hands of taxpayers.

VOA: standard.2009.10.27