Democrats in the Senate have lost their sixty-vote supermajority needed to block any effort by Republicans to kill legislation.

VOA: special.2010.02.27

We made a special effort towards the World Cup here in order to really have Africa in the focus,"

VOA: standard.2009.10.22

We just have to wait and see for that,". A similar effort to develop a vaccine has been launched in the United States.

VOA: standard.2009.04.30

Although he continues to enjoy public support for the effort, experts say the results have been mixed.

VOA: standard.2009.12.18

Alongside the additional military forces, civilians have come as well in an effort to shore up the region's infrastructure and provide opportunities for the people.

VOA: standard.2010.05.26

Many liberal Democratic voters have become disillusioned with the compromises made in Congress, and they will be sorely disappointed if the health care effort fails.

VOA: standard.2010.03.16

Although interest in the World Expo has declined recently, many countries have made an extra effort to participate this year because China is the host.

VOA: standard.2010.05.02

"It taught me to be dedicated, and that if you want to be successful, you have to put in a lot of time and effort.

VOA: standard.2009.12.04

Developers who own shopping centers have slashed rents in an effort to keep tenants.

VOA: standard.2009.12.20

He told them it is critical to continue the effort to transfer skills and tools to Afghans so foreigners do not need to have a permanent presence there.

VOA: standard.2009.09.04

He says it is part of an effort to show the administration cares about workers who are struggling to pay their bills or have anxieties about losing their jobs.

VOA: standard.2010.01.25

"We saw,with the stimulus the effort to rush and spend, what can happen if you jam major legislation before people have an opportunity to understand what is in it,".

VOA: standard.2009.07.21

"we have said that this is a dual track effort there has been an engagement track which we have been very actively engaged in, but there is also a pressure track,"

VOA: standard.2009.11.30

Mr.Obama says the American people also have reason to be proud of the captain who offered himself up as a hostage to the pirates in an effort to protect the crew of his cargo vessel.

VOA: standard.2009.04.13

"They have gone through the past month or so of very hard effort to reach the point where they can begin to consolidate and control ground that they have won so, by no means this is over yet.

VOA: standard.2009.07.27

He said it would take longer to convince Afghans that the insurgency is going to fail, because they have been disappointed by the international military effort so far and because many view their government as inconsequential or corrupt.

VOA: standard.2009.12.09

So I think we need to devote the resources to try to be successful," The general says the U.S.and allied effort also needs to have a significant political and economic component, and that a strong,credible government must emerge from the current election process.

VOA: standard.2009.10.16

Since the United States took the lead in handling logistics for the international aid effort, some medical groups as well as French and Brazilian officials have complained that U.S.military planes were given priority to land, forcing other flights to the neighboring Dominican Republic.

VOA: standard.2010.01.26

"The people of Haiti will have the full support of the United States in the urgent effort to rescue those trapped beneath the rubble and to deliver the humanitarian relief the food,water and medicine that Haitians will need in the coming days,".

VOA: standard.2010.01.13

And with respect to the announcement that occurred when the vice president was there, we've expressed our dismay and disappointment and we have, as I said earlier engaged in consultations with our partners in the peace effort - the Israelis and the Palestinians - about the way forward."

VOA: standard.2010.03.16

"With our turtle release program, it is a compensation-based program where when the fishermen give us a call to go and rescue a turtle, we check the biometric measurements, tag the turtle, and compensate the fishermen for the time and effort they have taken to save these turtles and call us."

VOA: standard.2010.07.15

With medical teams and mobile facilities from several countries already in place in Haiti, the deputy commander of the U.S.military effort there, Army Major General Daniel Allyn, says American priorities have shifted to delivering vehicles to distribute aid, machinery to produce clean water and equipment to clear rubble and begin reconstruction.

VOA: standard.2010.01.19