Quite frankly,I fear the pace at which we have grown may have been too quick."

VOA: special.2010.02.26

"She's really nice and she let's everybody go at their own pace."

VOA: special.2010.04.30

China's economy, one of the world's fastest-growing, is expected to continue to expand at a robust pace.

VOA: standard.2009.11.26

But in recent decades, the world's forests have been stripped of trees at a rapid pace.

VOA: standard.2010.07.28

The international community is worried that Tehran is planning to install a new generation of sophisticated centrifuges to enrich uranium at a much faster pace.

VOA: standard.2009.10.24

She says she had trouble with seventh grade algebra. "I think the teachers are good, but they can't go at a pace that's perfect for everyone."

VOA: standard.2010.03.26

"Certain actions should now be undertaken with increased urgency and at an accelerated pace."

VOA: standard.2010.04.29

Wall Street cheered Friday following an upbeat fourth quarter report from the Commerce Department showing the U.S.economy grew at the fastest pace in more than six years.

VOA: standard.2010.01.29

"The job market is still very difficult. We are seeing layoffs continue, not at the heavy pace we saw at the beginning of the year, but they certainly have not abated,"

VOA: standard.2009.08.05

"Croatia,who started the negotiation process the same day as Turkey, will probably will be ready by the end of 2010 whereas Turkey needs over 10 years to be ready at this pace.

VOA: standard.2009.10.15

China grew at a blistering pace of 10.7 percent in the final quarter of 2009, but the government has since placed curbs on lending to reduce inflation and cool down an overheated economy.

VOA: standard.2010.01.21

"We have seen some diminution." But even if the U.S.economy is losing jobs at a slower pace than half a year ago, the overall unemployment picture remains bleak, according to Stuart Hoffman, chief economist at PNC Financial Services Group.

VOA: standard.2009.07.02

"This change to a higher phase of alert is a signal to governments, to ministries of health and other ministries, to the pharmaceutical industry and the business community that certain actions should now be undertaken with increased urgency, and at an accelerated pace,"

VOA: standard.2009.04.29

To some in Washington, Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke is the master economist whose aggressive actions and creative solutions prevented complete economic collapse in 2008, when major American banks, investment firms,insurance companies, and home mortgage giants were failing at a catastrophic pace.

VOA: standard.2010.01.24