It found that many farmers have better harvests, better weed control and fewer losses from insect damage compared to traditional crops.

VOA: special.2010.04.27

That is why it is hard to tell a powerful storm, Hurricane Andrew, caused severe damage to the area in nineteen ninety-two.

VOA: special.2009.06.30

It provides an idea of the amount of coastal flooding and property damage that might be expected.

VOA: special.2010.08.24

It also would pay more than three million dollars in damage claims that Mexico owed American citizens.

VOA: special.2009.02.26

It was put in place to help protect the space shuttle from bird strike damage.

VOA: special.2009.04.01

It increases the chances that he or she will suffer little or no brain damage.

VOA: special.2009.08.11

But it may cause hidden damage to the body's lymphatic system and kidneys.

VOA: special.2009.05.26

It also will attempt to find possible environmental reasons for the damage.

VOA: special.2009.12.15

It killed eighteen people and caused more than three-thousand-million dollars in damage.

VOA: special.2010.10.04

Removing it could deform my face or damage my health."

VOA: special.2009.09.26

It reduces damage from heavy rains.

VOA: special.2010.02.09

It protects against wind and rain damage.

VOA: special.2009.06.30

The IOM chose the villages it is assisting based on their poverty level and the extent of earthquake damage they suffered.

VOA: standard.2010.04.14

Aviation analysts say the sharp volcanic particles can damage a jet engine or cause it to shut down in mid air.

VOA: standard.2010.04.15

A lot of damage was caused by this crisis. It is going to take some time for us to grow out of this.

VOA: standard.2009.11.01

It's not clear how extensive and long-term the damage to Gulf seafood will be.

VOA: standard.2010.05.27

Critics say that new, independent research proves the system will damage the Australian economy and cost jobs if it is introduced at a time of global recession.

VOA: standard.2009.05.03

Although there is some evidence that artery damage caused by second-hand smoke in adults may be reversible, LaVan says it's unclear whether that's also true for adolescents.

VOA: standard.2010.03.04

The oil that is still leaking from the well could seriously damage the economy and the environment of our Gulf states, and it could extend for a long time.

VOA: standard.2010.05.02

But he said it will not damage the traditional warm relationship between the United States and Britain and that U.S.officials accept at face value British denials that trade considerations affected the Scottish decision.

VOA: standard.2009.08.24

"When the skipper on the Ady Gil saw the Shonan Maru moving in to strike him, he put his engines in reverse to get out of the way, which probably saved some of his crew but it ripped the front end of the vessel off and caused catastrophic damage to the Ady Gil,"

VOA: standard.2010.01.06

"They are all hurtling around in space at 36,000 kilometers per hour and so even a 1mm piece of space junk can destroy or damage a satellite because it all comes from either dead satellites, satellites which have broken up, satellites which had fuel left in them and exploded."

VOA: standard.2010.07.24