The sun had barely risen, but the line outside of the Apple store in Bethesda,Maryland already stretched around the block.

VOA: standard.2010.04.03

But,this year,there is barely a trickle of buyers for the glittering gold bangles, necklaces and earrings on display.

VOA: standard.2009.09.19

India's literacy rate is 64 percent. But studies have shown that a number of those counted as literate can barely read or write.

VOA: standard.2010.04.01