"To close this important gap in our regulatory structure, legislative action is needed that would subject all systemically-important financial institutions to the same framework for consolidated supervision that currently applies to bank holding companies."

VOA: standard.2009.10.01

This year, researchers at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention say resistance is close to one hundred percent.

VOA: special.2009.03.04

This year,none of the major Muslim holidays are close to Easter or Passover.

VOA: special.2011.04.22

The president wanted to close the American prison in Cuba this month.

VOA: special.2010.01.09

This movie hits very close to home.

VOA: special.2010.03.01

That could happen later this month. The government now thinks close to five million barrels of oil leaked into the gulf between April and the middle of July, when the spill was contained.

VOA: special.2010.08.07

"Part of what makes this film so exciting is how close it is linked to our present and very near future.

VOA: standard.2010.06.09

For serious action fans, this convention is as close as some will get to meeting their real-life super heroes - or just acting like one.

VOA: standard.2010.07.23

The Israelis are responsible for this. It's wrong that Turkey has close relations with the Israeli government and army, which is responsible for these deaths.

VOA: standard.2009.10.27

"This is an event which is serious," "This is something, which requires close monitoring.

VOA: standard.2009.05.14

At this point, most analysts agree that the race is too close to call.

VOA: standard.2010.07.03

She says the global campaign that WHO started in 1988 is very close to achieving its goal of ridding the world of this terrible paralytic disease.

VOA: standard.2009.05.18

And,in fact,people live very close to the geologic fault that caused this earthquake.

VOA: standard.2010.01.13

In this outbreak, close to 90 percent occurred in people under 65."

VOA: standard.2010.04.29