There have been delays before. Officials said the average processing time in October of two thousand three was seventy-five days.

VOA: special.2009.06.11

The report said the company was still in the red, but was able to cut its loss from the year before.

VOA: special.2009.04.26

As a result,the report says, the rate of plant and animal species disappearing is continuing faster than ever before.

VOA: special.2010.05.25

The state is named after an American Indian tribe a recognition of the groups that came long before the Pilgrims.

VOA: special.2009.11.23

Now,the University of Southern California researchers say their work may make it possible for doctors to heal cleft palate before birth.

VOA: special.2009.12.22

So far it has proven effective at preventing the disease in half of those vaccinated which is more than ever before.

VOA: special.2009.12.07

But most food comes from imports. Before the earthquake, the Haitian government and private groups were working to improve agriculture.

VOA: special.2010.04.13

He worried about his motorcycle. If the engine failed, he could die of lack of water before anyone could find him.

VOA: special.2009.01.14

"There may be enough to eat for a while." he says, "but before too long there may be hunger."

VOA: special.2010.04.13

Many of the matches were fixed. The wrestlers knew before the match which one of them would be the winner.

VOA: special.2010.02.21

The vaccine has already proven effective at preventing the disease in half of those vaccinated which is more than ever before.

VOA: special.2009.12.22

That leaves just four. I want to see the last one fall before it gets dark.Then I'll go,too."

VOA: special.2009.08.01

The C.R.U.became the object of widespread attention shortly before an international climate conference opened in Denmark last December.

VOA: special.2010.04.27

But they hid their feelings. Others said they avoided social situations where they had been laughed at before.

VOA: special.2009.11.17