"This is an evaluation instrument that is finally able to capture who is highly effective and who is ineffective and who could be doing better and could use some assistance.

VOA: special.2011.08.11

European Union health ministers pledged to pursue an effective and safe vaccine without delay.

VOA: standard.2009.04.30

"Toyota engineers have developed effective and durable solutions for the vehicles we have recalled."

VOA: standard.2010.03.04

Gates says he realizes there is a limited time to show the new policy is effective and he denied that U.S.and NATO forces are in danger of losing the conflict.

VOA: standard.2009.09.03

"We know this is a shared responsibility and in the days ahead we will work with the international community and our Chinese colleagues to fashion an effective and appropriate response."

VOA: standard.2010.05.25

And how we figure that out and how we move in a direction that's both effective and affordable is the work that has to be done over the next two years."

VOA: standard.2010.03.26

"Now if that GM potato is effective and works then the environmental impact will be substantially less because the chemicals are not being used and there will be less fossil fuel use."

VOA: standard.2009.10.21

They were so effective and cost effective and yet immunization rates were on the decline if you look back 10 years ago, However,she says in the last nine years, immunization rates for such diseases as diphtheria, tetanus and pertussis have risen sharply.

VOA: standard.2010.01.29

Life expectancy rates climbed, because doctors and scientists developed effective ways to prevent or treat diseases such as tuberculosis, typhoid,diphtheria,and influenza.

VOA: special.2010.12.02

The Race to the Top competition will look for states and local school systems with effective reforms in four areas.

VOA: special.2009.07.30

One is a belief that a government is stable and that the justice and legal systems are fair and effective.

VOA: special.2009.12.19

He says each new version of one bill is weaker and less effective than the one before it.

VOA: special.2010.04.21

A team from Massachusetts General Hospital and Sweden's Lund University studied how effective the biomarkers are as predictors.

VOA: special.2009.07.15

DDT and other pesticides had become popular with the public and the government because they were so effective.

VOA: special.2010.03.14