Currently,only seventeen states require personal finance to be taught at least as part of other courses.

VOA: special.2009.04.10

It will require a new mindset -- that we summon the will, as nations and as partners, to do what this moment in history demands."

VOA: special.2010.04.17

As a result,some companies now require smokers to pay a larger share of their health insurance than non-smokers.

VOA: standard.2010.02.18

But he said movement toward that objective should be gradual and should require other nuclear-armed countries to cut their arsenals as well.

VOA: standard.2009.12.25

"Optimal health and health care for all children will require recognition of disparities as pervasive problems, methodological sound disparity studies, and rigorous evaluation of disparities intervention."

VOA: standard.2010.04.07

But souvenirs have become a major business as well, and at the 2010 Winter Games, souvenirs require almost as much strategy and patience as winning a medal.

VOA: standard.2010.02.17

on a path to long-term, sustainable fiscal health. But he told reporters that achieving another objective, cutting the deficit in half as a percentage of gross domestic product within five years, would require "modifications,"

VOA: standard.2009.03.24

"That's going to require a lot of restructuring. We're prepared,as a government, to help that process if we believe it is going to provide the basis for a stronger industry in the future.

VOA: standard.2009.03.30

The Israeli leader wants to avoid entering full-fledged peace negotiations with the Palestinians that would require Israel to make concessions on sensitive issues such as the status of Jerusalem and Jewish settlements in the West Bank.

VOA: standard.2009.06.09