U.N.officials estimated up to 200,000 people may have already fled the fighting and perhaps 300,000 more could leave in the coming days.

VOA: standard.2009.05.07

The loss of jobs and business opportunities has perhaps been more damaging than the restriction on imports, especially for those who under the blockade - cannot cross into Israel.

VOA: standard.2010.06.16

The opening day of a Supreme Court term often draws a variety of protesters to the high court steps, and Monday was no different, though perhaps a bit more subdued than usual.

VOA: standard.2009.10.05

"I do believe we probably should step up the relatively unobtrusive and relatively easy, although sometimes somewhat expensive, means of looking for explosives perhaps many more K-9 bomb teams at these kinds of places and we should continue put a lot of resources in intelligence work."

VOA: standard.2010.03.30

"When you put that all together it suggest that we are going to need something like 50 percent more, perhaps 100 percent more, food from our existing land and that is a very significant challenge and we believe we need to be thinking seriously about that right away,"

VOA: standard.2009.10.21

"I think there is still a reasonable chance they could pass something, but they are going to have to come back, I think,and regroup in September and we may see that things are a little bit different than they are today, even perhaps a little more precarious for the passage of health care in September,".

VOA: standard.2009.08.12