But after years of building loyalty, the Japanese company may have put its quality brand name at risk, at least temporarily.

VOA: special.2010.02.05

Differences between budgets, equipment and the availability of skilled workers have created uneven quality from lab to lab.

VOA: special.2009.10.03

The award recognizes the work of individuals who have helped human development by improving the quality, quantity or availability of food in the world.

VOA: special.2009.11.10

At the same time, researchers continue working to help patients have a better quality of life.

VOA: special.2010.06.15

will have decent quality health care as a fundamental right and not a privilege."

VOA: special.2009.09.13

"The Affordable Health Care for America Act is a piece of legislation that will provide stability and security for Americans who have insurance, quality affordable options for those who don't and bring down the cost of health care for families, business and our government while strengthening the financial health of Medicare."

VOA: special.2009.11.13

That was a big question. With training and support from the IOM, these women have improved the quality of their products.

VOA: standard.2010.04.14

The recall and sales suspension is just the latest in a string of quality control problems that have plagued the Japanese automaker.

VOA: standard.2010.01.28

If a subscriber can get quality care for less overseas, the companies calculate they will have to pay out less money in reimbursement.

VOA: standard.2010.04.08

"We have a problem delivering affordable quality health care in this country."

VOA: standard.2010.04.08

Republicans oppose the Obama health care approach as too costly and warn the administration plan could affect the quality of care for those who already have health insurance coverage.

VOA: standard.2009.08.12

Numerous studies indicate African-Americans and Hispanics receive a poorer quality of health care than non-Hispanic whites, even when they have the same levels of income and health insurance coverage.

VOA: standard.2010.03.05

"And so it's possible that the effects that we have reported may be a conservative estimate, and that the odds of survival associated with high-quality relationships may actually be larger."

VOA: standard.2010.07.29

Dixie Baver said she, her Olympian daughter and other family members have spent quality time at the P&G Family Home in Vancouver, enjoying complimentary meals and even watching other Olympic events on television together.

VOA: standard.2010.02.20

"There would be an eight-page form, and really other sites have successfully managed to make this work with one page, and that data quality is much better in one page, because it's easier to do.

VOA: standard.2010.02.24

"If you find that the road is not paved, or that the road is paved but breaks down because the corruption is so bad you do not get standards and quality, then you have got a major problem.

VOA: standard.2009.11.17

"We have a moral imperative to do this. We are the greatest country that ever existed in the history of the world, the great economic leader of the developed world, but the only one that does have access to quality, affordable health care for our people, and we intend to do so,".

VOA: standard.2009.09.04

"We've got to have an indication from President Karzai his inauguration comes very soon that he will tackle the very problems that have given some succor to the Taliban and that is corruption, and that is poor governance and that is the quality of district governors,".

VOA: standard.2009.11.13