On an average day,it says, almost twenty-seven thousand doctors, nurses and others work in teams of local and foreign aid workers.

VOA: special.2010.07.26

It paid for new roads,bridges, and government buildings -- for almost anything the congressmen wanted.

VOA: special.2010.05.27

And the crumbs, rather than being like dense and mushy like white bread, it was this open-celled, almost honey-combed crumb.

VOA: standard.2010.07.16

It says diarrhea-related diseases kill nearly two million people and almost one million die from malaria.

VOA: standard.2010.01.02