These incidents took place during a time of intense social and political change in the United States.

VOA: special.2010.02.25

Senator Kerry said the time had come for a change in U.S.strategy toward Pakistan, with the aim of appealing to the hearts and minds of the Pakistani people.

VOA: standard.2009.05.04

"Whether or not they blame Karzai for that personally, I think that there is a general sense among significant parts of the population that it may be time for a change.

VOA: standard.2009.08.03

But in an economy that has lost jobs for 23 consecutive months, Hall noted that long-term unemployed continued to grow, rising by 293,000 to 5.9 million, with little change in the number of Americans employed part-time but seeking full-time work.

VOA: standard.2009.12.05

"Because it's happening so quickly, they haven't had time to adapt and change, if you imagine a climate changing over hundreds of thousands of years, bears and other animals would gradually move into other habitats,but because this is going to happen over decades, it will be too fast for them to adapt and look for other food sources,"

VOA: standard.2009.12.13

A survey published by the research group ComRes on Tuesday said 2.5 million people who say they are certain to vote say they are still undecided who to vote for and more than a third of voters said it was "quite possible" they would change their mind on who to vote for by the time the polls open Thursday morning.

VOA: standard.2010.05.05