She says many students are sleepy and unable to pay attention in class because there is not enough food for them at home.

VOA: special.2009.08.24

But Professor Strauss says a banking crisis is especially hard to recover from, because there is less money to lend to support growth.

VOA: special.2009.11.06

"You can buy local honey. Local honey is available at stores only because there is a local beekeeper who went to the trouble of harvesting it, so the more beekeepers there are, the more honey there is.

VOA: special.2011.05.24

"I can imagine that President Mubarak and Egypt are embarrassed now because there is international pressure now to open borders.

VOA: standard.2010.06.01

What we have today is a situation where children themselves shy away from continuing to secondary school because there is no future."

VOA: standard.2010.05.19

"They are worried about the possible side effects, about what they listen to from friends and the Internet because there is no official source.

VOA: standard.2009.11.25

But because there is no wood anymore, they all left and went to town."

VOA: standard.2010.03.29

"But because there is no wood, we've left the salt business for other things.

VOA: standard.2010.03.29

"because there is extraordinary dependence on the United States for exports, for remittances."

VOA: standard.2009.04.19

Analysts are keeping a close eye on Wednesday's trading. "I think that today we will have a lot of pressure as well because there is this fear of contagion.

VOA: standard.2010.04.28

"There is a perception that President Obama brings with him a sensibility and sensitivity to the region and I think that will stand him in very good stead because there is already a very strong expectation that President Obama will set a new direction for US policy towards its partners, towards APEC, and in particular towards Asia."

VOA: standard.2009.11.08

"First off,there is the infectious disease risk because if you use human blood there's a lot of transmissible diseases.

VOA: special.2009.08.03

That is a hard question,he says, because there are so many kinds of music being made right now.

VOA: special.2010.07.19

Another nickname for Las Vegas is Sin City because you can find many kinds of adult entertainment there.

VOA: special.2010.03.14