Defense Secretary Gates says short- and medium-range missiles are now the more immediate threat to American forces in Europe and to allies.

VOA: special.2009.09.19

Today,Special English broadcasts thirty-minute programs by shortwave and medium wave sixteen times a day around the world.

VOA: special.2009.10.16

"So there may actually be a worsening of credit availability to small and medium sized business in the next year or so,".

VOA: standard.2009.12.20

They joined 300 representatives of small and medium-sized Kyrgyz businesses who appealed to interim Finance Minister Temir Sariyev for protection against lawlessness.

VOA: standard.2010.04.15

We have taken extraordinary steps to guarantee bank deposits, support small and medium enterprises and provide additional capital to the banking sector if required,"

VOA: standard.2010.01.21

"Over and over we hear from small and medium-size businesses that they can not get the financial assistance, they can't get the technical support that would grow their business.

VOA: standard.2009.11.03

Grybauskaite has said she wants to help formulate a policy that will stabilise public finances, stimulate exports, absorb EU aid faster and provide tax breaks for small and medium-sized businesses.

VOA: standard.2009.05.17

"So I urged these institutions here today to go back and take a third and fourth look about how they are operating when it comes to small business and medium sized business lending,"

VOA: standard.2009.12.20

Iran's military exercises, which started Sunday and have included test launches of short and medium-range missiles as well, come just days after the disclosure that Tehran is building a new uranium enrichment plant.

VOA: standard.2009.09.28

Experts say warm days, cool nights and a medium soil temperature are the best conditions for growing carrots that taste great.

VOA: special.2009.02.24

Material called a growth medium is put on the joint to keep it from getting dry and to help the two plants grow together.

VOA: special.2010.05.18

Medium and small banks also face a growing risk.

VOA: special.2009.09.04

Short-range test launches are not formally prohibited under United Nations sanctions against the North, which forbid medium and long-range ballistic activities.

VOA: standard.2009.10.13

The $10-billion U.S.missile defense program involves a combination of systems designed to detect and intercept missiles coming from short,medium and long distances.

VOA: standard.2010.03.26

and I think that science fiction became more escapist fantasy and less a warning or intellectual medium.

VOA: standard.2009.12.19

But development specialists are concerned the money will go only to medium-sized economies and bypass the poor countries that need help the most.

VOA: standard.2009.04.20

He says his decision was guided in large part by new intelligence that shows Iran is focusing on the development of medium and short-range missiles.

VOA: standard.2009.09.17

That's a testament to how engaging movies are and the visual medium is.

VOA: standard.2010.07.16

MAN ON TV. ; You add a little bit of olive oilto a non-stick saute pan, and you want to cookwith the olive oil in medium-high heat.

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