Thirty years ago, the Federal Trade Commission found that Stanley Kaplan's program could raise SAT scoresbut only by about twenty-five points.

VOA: special.2009.09.17

He points to a big drop in the number of planned job cuts announced by employers over the past six months.

VOA: special.2010.07.02

Butler lost by just two points to Duke, which for years has had one of the country's most successful basketball programs.

VOA: special.2010.04.10

They will earn extra points in the Race to the Top if they approve the standards by August second.

VOA: special.2010.07.22

They promised to do their part to cut the growth rate in health spending by one and a half percentage points a year.

VOA: special.2009.05.15

They were losing by as many as thirteen points in the second half.

VOA: special.2010.06.25

It's called bullfighting, in which clowns earn points, prize money and lots of laughs by artfully evading grouchy bulls.

VOA: standard.2010.01.25

Economists warn growth may be cut by up two percentage points this year, to about four percent.

VOA: standard.2010.05.21

Crystal also points to several studies by scholars of the Coventry University in England and University of Washington that support the same theme.

VOA: standard.2010.01.16

The Hezbollah-led opposition in Lebanon is taking advantage of the decision by a United Nations-backed tribunal to release four senior generals, Wednesday,to score points ahead of the country's upcoming parliamentary elections.

VOA: standard.2009.04.30

He points to analysis by the U.S. Department of Agriculture that calculates the proposed law would reduce farmers' incomes by about 1 percent in the short term, and about seven percent over coming decades.

VOA: standard.2009.12.12

The onslaught of worrisome news is creating an investor climate similar to a brief panic that erupted on May 6, when the Dow Jones Industrial Average plunged by 1000 points before bouncing back later in the day, according to UBS Financial Services market analyst Art Cashin.

VOA: standard.2010.05.20