The University of Illinois Extension advises getting bare-root roses as close to planting time as you can.

VOA: special.2010.06.15

They were as close to hostilities as Washington was with the Nazi government in Berlin.

VOA: special.2011.05.26

Try to find new and fun things to do as close to home as possible.

VOA: special.2009.06.19

They would try to move their spacecraft as close as possible to the satellite.

VOA: special.2009.06.24

Allan Hills 84001 is as close as any meteorite comes to being world famous.

VOA: special.2010.07.28

"You'll find something on Earth as close to what is pretty much on Mars.

VOA: special.2010.07.28

And they would move their spacecraft as close as possible to it.

VOA: special.2009.07.01

Officials within the Fatah faction of President Abbas,said last week he was close to resigning as his popularity plummeted.

VOA: standard.2009.11.16

For serious action fans, this convention is as close as some will get to meeting their real-life super heroes - or just acting like one.

VOA: standard.2010.07.23

I came as close to weeping as I possibly could.

VOA: standard.2010.05.17

Mrs.Merkel and Mr.Sarkozy are not as close.

VOA: standard.2009.11.11

"Since that time we've really learned that as close as they are to human species, they're not close enough for any real scientific outcomes for drug testing.I think like that" That's Elizabeth Kucinich, wife of U.S. Congressman Dennis Kucinich, she is a long-time animal welfare advocate and serves as director of public affairs, for the Physicians Committee "Over 80 different HIV-related vaccines have worked in chimpanzees but none have proven effective in human beings.

VOA: standard.2010.02.16

But close to five hundred million confirmed cases were reported to the World Health Organization as of November first.

VOA: special.2009.11.24

But close to half a million confirmed cases were reported to the World Health Organization as of November first.

VOA: special.2009.11.11