A majority of those surveyed expect the security situation in their local area to improve in the next year, although in regions where there is major conflict, respondents are less optimistic about future improvements.

VOA: standard.2009.10.27

Often,their songs teach young people about human rights and fighting for their freedoms so they can have a better future.

VOA: special.2009.11.25

Or patients might be advised to think less about the past and more about the present and the future.

VOA: special.2010.04.13

"Obviously there are a lot of people that are unhappy about the potential of altering the future of space flight."

VOA: special.2010.04.28

The movie is about a man who travels to a distant planet about one hundred fifty years in the future.

VOA: special.2010.01.01

A lot has also been written about the possible effects that a name might have on a child's future.

VOA: special.2009.07.06

The crisis at Japan's Fukushima Dai-Ichi nuclear energy center has raised questions about the future of the nuclear energy industry.

VOA: special.2011.03.18

He wanted to leave right away. As John walked through the woods that day,he began thinking about his future.

VOA: special.2010.06.26

An organization called the World Future Society publishes a yearly report about how technology, the economy and society are influencing the world.

VOA: special.2011.01.18

Some people often worry about what they will do in a situation that might happen in the future.

VOA: special.2009.08.30

Here is a good reason to be hopeful about the future: it might help you stay alive.

VOA: special.2009.04.15

Future generations may sing about the "hero on the Hudson" - the pilot who saved his passengers when he crash-landed on a river.

VOA: special.2009.01.30

Sarah began to think about how she was going to continue to earn money in the future.

VOA: special.2010.03.28

Sometimes she thinks too much about having something in the future before she really has it.

VOA: special.2010.06.13