"The outer layers will slow down the penetration of digestive enzyme into the starch part so that the release of the sugar into the bloodstream will be slow for brown rice in comparison with white rice."

VOA: standard.2010.06.25

"We won when we wrapped the movie. It was already a victory for us, so all this is it's been a really lovely, slow trajectory, and for me to be standing here now is kind of bananas, but what a wonderful feeling."

VOA: standard.2010.02.18

The admiral says the situation in Iraq seemed impossible to resolve a few years ago, and,although the two countries are very different,and progress in Iraq is not a guarantee of progress in Afghanistan, it does give him reason to be hopeful about Afghanistan - even during the current period of heavy violence and at best,slow progress.

VOA: standard.2010.07.22