The measure includes ten billion dollars for education and sixteen billion for Medicaid, the joint state-federal government medical program for the poor.

VOA: special.2010.08.12

Joints need cartilage for smooth movement and to absorb shock when you put pressure on a joint.

VOA: special.2010.05.19

The study follows a separate report by the United States Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and the Joint Institute for the Study of Atmosphere and Ocean.

VOA: special.2009.05.05

But the muscle and joint pain can last for weeks or months.

VOA: special.2009.04.13

Whereas it is the duty of all nations to acknowledge the providence of almighty God, to obey his will, to be grateful for his benefits, and humbly to implore his protection and favor and whereas both houses of Congress have by their joint committee requested me "to recommend to the people of the United States a day of public thanksgiving and prayer to be observed by acknowledging with grateful hearts the many signal favors of Almighty God, especially by affording them an opportunity peaceably to establish a form of government for their safety and happiness."

VOA: special.2009.11.23

He replaced a portion of a rabbit's upper arm joint with a biomaterial scaffold, providing a place for cells to grow.

VOA: standard.2010.08.11

The United States, which has 28,000 troops in South Korea, has hurriedly announced plans for several joint military exercises in the coming month.

VOA: standard.2010.05.26

Park Sung-woo is a spokesman for the Joint Chiefs of Staff of South Korea's military.

VOA: standard.2009.07.30

The military is already shifting to a newer, slightly less sophisticated aircraft, the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter, designed more for attacking targets on the ground.

VOA: standard.2009.07.21

Preparations are also under way for a joint military exercise between the two.

VOA: standard.2009.10.27

Japanese Foreign Ministry spokesman Kazuo Kodama said Japan would press for the ASEM meeting to issue a joint statement condemning the nuclear test, apart from the conference's normal closing statement.

VOA: standard.2009.05.25

The growing strains stem largely from Ankara's increasing criticism of Israel's occupation of Palestinian territory, and more recently, Ankara' canceled joint military exercises with Israel scheduled for later this month.

VOA: standard.2009.10.27

While it may not be worthwhile for older patients, younger patients are more likely to regard anything that gives them a lifelong working knee joint as well worth the cost.

VOA: standard.2010.08.11

A joint EU-IMF aid package for Greece is put at $60 billion, but some European officials said Wednesday the full cost could be much higher, reaching about $160 billion over three years.

VOA: standard.2010.04.28

On hand to greet them was Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Admiral Mike Mullen, who posed for photos with each veteran and hailed their courage and their contribution to U.S.history.

VOA: standard.2009.11.04

"Rather than being a mechanism of cooperation,of joint fact-finding, of assistance to one another, it became another focal point for animosity and a failure,really, to work together to solve the desperate needs of both peoples."

VOA: standard.2009.08.01

A military official tells VOA the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Admiral Mike Mullen, traveled to Germany Friday for an unannounced half-day meeting on a U.S.Air Base with the Afghanistan commander, General Stanley McChrystal.

VOA: standard.2009.09.25

At the heart of the controversy were changes to marriage laws, including articles that set the legal minimum age for marriage at 18, recognize only civil marriages, allow joint property ownership, expand parental rights, and extend inheritance rights to girls.

VOA: standard.2009.08.27

The draft joint statement also called for progress on ITGI, a Turkish-Greek gas pipeline taking gas to Italy, and for an extension of an oil transport system between Kazakhstan and Azerbaijan that "could be developed in the Mediterranean and the Black Sea region."

VOA: standard.2009.05.08

He also offered some tough talk. "I emphasized that this has to be a point in time in which we begin to write a new chapter based on improved governance, a much more serious effort to eradicate corruption, joint efforts to accelerate the training of Afghan security forces so that the Afghan people can provide for their own security,".

VOA: standard.2009.11.02