The next time you think about going without sleep, consider this: Laboratory animals that are kept awake for long periods of time ...die.

VOA: special.2009.08.26

Parson Walker's wife was very sick once, for a long time, and it seemed as if they were not going to save her.

VOA: special.2009.08.29

"We believe that,long term, Mexico is going to be a wonderful opportunity for retirees to live,the cost of medical services and health-related issues, but also the overall cost of living in Mexico is far lower."

VOA: special.2011.06.13

"It is going to be a team effort, so as long as the team gets the baton around.

VOA: standard.2009.08.21

"It took us a long time to get here. It is going to take some time for us to work through this.

VOA: standard.2009.04.05

That did not happen. As long that does not happen, there is no way we are going to open the ports to Greek Cyprus,".

VOA: standard.2009.10.15

"None of these savings by themselves are going to solve our long-term fiscal problems.

VOA: standard.2009.04.20

"At the beginning of the year, it seemed like [the kids would say 'Oh,I'm getting tired, this is too long - when are we going back to school?'

VOA: standard.2010.06.25

"What we are seeing China is that wages are gradually converging to those levels in the U.S.and Europe, but this convergence is going to take a very long time."

VOA: standard.2010.06.24

"As long as Gilad Shalit is there it is going to be very difficult for any Israeli government to suddenly say ok, we are going to change our policy.

VOA: standard.2010.06.10

"So,I want the people of this region to know that my administration is going to do whatever it takes, for as long as it takes, to deal with this disaster."

VOA: standard.2010.06.15

Appealing for restraint at a news conference, Clinton said she was encouraged by the calm reaction to the naval encounter and said plans for the long-anticipated Bosworth mission are going forward.

VOA: standard.2009.11.11

"The U.S.data should remind us that this recovery is not likely to be V-shaped It seems to me that we are going to see rising unemployment for a long time yet,"

VOA: standard.2009.08.05

"Coping with these kind of impacts if you're dealing with significant affects on your agriculture or your water supplies, your infrastructure and also trying to develop new kinds of energy approaches, for example--that's going to take long term investment,"

VOA: standard.2009.12.11