He said the Clinton Global Initiative has had an impact on more than 200 million people in more than 150 countries.

VOA: standard.2009.09.23

"Whereas if you send seeds, they have to be planted, they have to cultivated, they have to be harvested before there's an impact."

VOA: standard.2010.07.16

"The fact that unemployment has remained so high does suggest that the stimulus has not had as large an impact as the administration claims."

VOA: standard.2010.06.18

Pressure from the president's liberal Democratic base is likely to have an impact on that decision, says former assistant secretary of state Teresita Schaffer.

VOA: standard.2010.07.30

Some members of the U.S.Olympic Committee have indicated Mr.Obama's absence in Copenhagen would be noticed, and could have an impact on the decision making process.

VOA: standard.2009.09.16

"This is having an impact on their health. It is also reducing our ability to bring other kinds of assistance, such as vaccination campaigns against polio,"

VOA: standard.2009.08.07

And again,it is two-fold: one is,we want to help our colleagues in Mexico, but it does have an impact on safety and security in the United States."

VOA: standard.2009.03.24

Experts say Pakistan's expanding electronic media is having an impact on people's views.

VOA: standard.2010.07.08

Earlier,Eikenberry told CNN that there still is no firm figure on voter turnout for the Afghan election,acknowledging that Taliban intimidation had an impact, especially in southern Afghanistan.

VOA: standard.2009.08.23

they may even have an impact on the heart's electrical function.

VOA: standard.2010.03.25

Wang says that as the biggest developing country and biggest developed country, the mutual economic relationship of the United States and China is having an impact on the entire world.

VOA: standard.2010.05.25

"They are having an impact, whether domestically or internationally, and you have got to account for it, and this is one of those break points where you stop and assess how is the administration doing?

VOA: standard.2010.01.06

"President Zardari's troops are risking their lives courageously fighting extremists as we speak, a vital task which of course has had an impact on human beings and their local communities many of whom have been displaced as a result,"

VOA: standard.2009.05.13

In many parts of the world we've seen that if governments introduce social protection programs, measures for example which give family benefits to families with children, particularly poorer families, this can have an important impact in enabling people to keep their children in school and out of the work force."

VOA: special.2010.05.17

"And so decisions that federal agencies are making will have an enormous impact in our ability to wisely adapt to climate change."

VOA: standard.2010.06.14