The treasury secretary faced some skepticism from some members of the panel as he gave a progress report on his oversight of the $700-billion effort, known as the Troubled Asset Relief Program, or "TARP."

VOA: standard.2009.05.20

So that's a very tight timeline," Presidents Obama and Medvedev have instructed their arms negotiators to provide a progress report by July when the American leader is expected to visit Moscow for a summit meeting.

VOA: standard.2009.04.08

Poets called it the Golden Age. A golden age now describes a historical period of great artistic,scientific or economic progress.

VOA: special.2010.06.06

The experts say individual progress and not a set time period should always guide a decision to return to play.

VOA: special.2009.10.28

But some schools say a federal law that only measures progress in math and reading has hurt language teaching.

VOA: special.2010.02.04

A new government report notes that very little progress has been made in reducing what are called health care-associated infections.

VOA: special.2010.04.21

Progress on a work plan for securing nuclear materials can be discussed when South Korea holds the next summit in two years.

VOA: special.2010.04.17

A government report notes that little progress has been made in reducing what are called health care-associated infections.

VOA: special.2010.05.25

American officials say it will take at least two years for what one official called a meaningful measure of progress toward long-term stability.

VOA: special.2009.05.09

Some organizations use the TOEIC to measure progress in English training programs and as a placement test.

VOA: special.2010.02.18

"You have had a decade or more in Africa of very slow economic progress in the nineties.

VOA: special.2010.04.26

We also discuss a book that shows how the answer to economic progress in the developing world lies in opening up possibilities for women.

VOA: special.2010.06.16

The WHO chief warned that a shortage of money could limit progress in other areas.

VOA: special.2011.02.01

They say the progress is a result of greater efforts to reduce maternal deaths.

VOA: special.2010.04.14