Silvia expects the situation to improve soon. "I would suspect that the jobs numbers would turn positive by the second quarter of this year, so probably another two or three months out we'll get some positive jobs numbers."

VOA: standard.2010.03.02

The first step uses a bit of influenza DNA to get the patient's immune system to begin fighting off the flu, and then the protection is given a "boost" some time later by the second step, which can be either another bit of DNA or a conventional flu vaccine.

VOA: standard.2010.07.21

Today we present the second of two programs about contemporary classical music written by composers working in the United States.

VOA: special.2010.07.19

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

VOA: special.2010.07.22

Opposition Republican leaders agree on the need to raise the borrowing limit by August second or risk the nation's first default.

VOA: special.2011.07.15

They came from a home built by the Assyrian ruler Sargon the Second in modern day Iraq.

VOA: special.2010.06.23

This has been the second part of the story "A Princess of Mars" by Edgar Rice Burrows.

VOA: special.2010.07.17

The final round was hosted by Alex Trebek, best known for hosting the television game show "Jeopardy!" Arjun Kandaswamy from Oregon won second place.

VOA: special.2009.05.29

The second part of the title is taken from a song by the Beastie Boys.

VOA: special.2010.08.13

Killings by animals are the second largest cause of bird death in the United States.

VOA: special.2011.05.24

He says you can harvest parsley by cutting most of the plant, or leave more of the plant in the ground for a second crop.

VOA: special.2009.06.02

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

VOA: special.2010.06.25

A second goal is for the number of malaria cases and deaths to be reduced by fifty percent or more from the number reported in two thousand.

VOA: special.2010.04.20

This is the second novel by New York-based writer J.Courtney Sullivan.

VOA: special.2011.07.13

The second,or booster, vaccine was developed by another company,VaxGen.

VOA: special.2009.10.13