During the first year, the women kept a monthly average of almost nine kilograms of vegetables for home use.

VOA: special.2010.01.11

I spent almost a year searching for gold with another former soldier, Captain James Powell, also of Virginia.

VOA: special.2010.07.10

He stayed for almost one year. He was able to get a few paying jobs playing the saxophone.

VOA: special.2009.05.03

Two other traditions for welcoming the New Year are a midnight kiss and an attempt to sing a song that almost no one knows.

VOA: special.2009.12.28

In the past decade an average of almost 400 events each year have met the U.N.criteria for a natural disaster.

VOA: standard.2009.10.14