Democrat Chris Dodd, chairman of Senate Banking Committee, says Ben Bernanke did not act fast enough at the start.

VOA: special.2009.08.28

Rapping could be described as speaking or singing words at a fast speed over music with quick beats.

VOA: special.2009.10.14

Minority children, especially Hispanics, are increasing at a fast rate while the United States has fewer white children.

VOA: special.2010.03.20

Super-fast Internet connections let people watch movies and send huge amounts of information at the speed of light.

VOA: special.2010.09.01

He was also known as a very aggressive hitter, swinging hard and fast at almost any ball.

VOA: special.2010.04.11

The president said jobs requiring at least an associate degree are expected to grow twice as fast in the coming years as jobs requiring no college experience.

VOA: special.2009.07.16

Played at normal speed, the half speed recordings sound twice as fast.

VOA: special.2009.09.27

SpongeBob is a cook at a fast food restaurant.

VOA: special.2009.08.21

"I see a lot more children who are coming into the office either because their parents have noticed that they have headaches or red or watery eyes or discomfort, or because their prescription, their near-sightedness, appears to be increasing at a fast rate and they're worried."

VOA: special.2011.08.01

Those connections helped spawn another collection at the library that is growing almost as fast as the Obama collection.

VOA: standard.2010.07.10

Only the people here call it Calle Ocho, and even the signs at the McDonald's fast-food restaurant are in Spanish.

VOA: standard.2010.04.19

The Centers for Disease Control is calling for taxes on sugary drinks and junk food, zoning restrictions on fast-food restaurants around schools and a ban on advertisements for junk food aimed at children.

VOA: standard.2010.03.09

But the basic implication is that if the past repeats itself, if one could replicate the past, the implication is as follows: Those seeking to gain fast profits, they should try and profit from the fast, buying shares prior to the start of Ramadan and selling them at the end of the Holy Month or,preferably, immediately after Eid al-Fitr, where our results begin to decline.

VOA: standard.2010.08.05