The initial quake registered at magnitude 7 on the Richter Scale and was followed by several other shocks, including one that measured 5.9.

VOA: standard.2010.01.13

The initial quake registered at magnitude 7 on the Richter Scale and was followed by several other shocks, including one that measures 5.9.

VOA: standard.2010.01.12

The Pentagon announced Monday that about 1,500 U.S.Marines are expected to arrive in Afghanistan later this month, the initial elements of the 30,000 troop surge authorized by President Obama last week.

VOA: standard.2009.12.08

"I think when you look at the information and the statistics from the initial study, the initial paper by Dr.Nissen in 2007, the increase in the risks of heart attacks is actually small."

VOA: standard.2010.03.02

U.S.unemployment jumped a half percent in May, to 9.4 percent prompting this comment by Austan Goolsbee, a member of President Barack Obama's Council of Economic Advisors: "The economy clearly has gotten substantially worse from the initial predictions that were being made, not just by the White House, but by all of the private sector,"

VOA: standard.2009.06.07