The University of Illinois Extension advises getting bare-root roses as close to planting time as you can.

VOA: special.2010.06.15

At times,they were so close they had no time to load and fire their guns.

VOA: special.2009.11.26

The loneliness spreads as neighbors who were close friends now spend less time together.

VOA: special.2010.01.06

His presidency comes to a close at a time of economic crisis.

VOA: special.2009.01.17

In time she would become a close and valued friend.

VOA: special.2010.07.17

"Every time we come close to passing health insurance reform, the special interests fight back with everything they have got.

VOA: standard.2009.08.12

The past year brought the first decade of the new millennium to a close with several long-time champions reasserting themselves.

VOA: standard.2009.12.24

"He deals with a lot. He becomes frustrated in this one a little bit because he gets this close all the time and then gets told 'no' over and over again.

VOA: standard.2010.07.07

Safdar Abbassi,a senator and long time PPP member who had close ties to Benazir Bhutto, told VOA that Mr.Zardari's recent actions to crack down on anti-government protests have provoked dissension within the party.

VOA: standard.2009.03.13

"Since that time we've really learned that as close as they are to human species, they're not close enough for any real scientific outcomes for drug testing.I think like that" That's Elizabeth Kucinich, wife of U.S. Congressman Dennis Kucinich, she is a long-time animal welfare advocate and serves as director of public affairs, for the Physicians Committee "Over 80 different HIV-related vaccines have worked in chimpanzees but none have proven effective in human beings.

VOA: standard.2010.02.16