They are the amount a person drinks on average and heavy drinking at one time, called "binge drinking."

VOA: special.2009.09.08

The average Russian drinks That is more than twice the maximum amount considered healthy by the World Health Organization.

VOA: standard.2009.10.15

More than 150,000 people have left their homes in Burkina Faso, many in the capital Ouagadougou, where the United Nations says the amount of rain that fell in one day last week equals one-quarter of the nation's average annual rainfall.

VOA: standard.2009.09.06