It says the number of international students last year was almost fifteen percent higher than the last record setting year, two thousand two.

VOA: special.2009.11.26

This was program number twenty-one in our Foreign Student Series on higher education in the United States.

VOA: special.2009.02.12

But Doctor Makary says the real number may be much higher.

VOA: special.2010.02.10

The number was 7% higher than the year before.

VOA: special.2009.01.08

He warns that inaction would lead to lower salaries, higher unemployment,lower profits and an increased number of people without insurance.

VOA: standard.2009.10.17

And other countries are ready to fill the gap. We already import about But the oil spill is expected to drive that number higher.

VOA: standard.2010.05.27

Kenneth Thorpe of Emory University expects the number to go even higher.

VOA: standard.2010.07.02

"And again it's relevant to the entire community." A growing number of large American companies are finding that health care costs for smokers are higher than for non-smokers.

VOA: standard.2010.02.18

OECD unemployment division chief Stephan Scarpetta says the number of jobless among the OECD's 30 member countries is expected to climb even higher next year, to nearly 10 percent.

VOA: standard.2009.09.16

Although June's total was higher than the number recorded in May, both figures are significantly lower than job-loss totals recorded at the beginning of the year a fact Romer was quick to point out.

VOA: standard.2009.07.02

Although the U.S.jobless rate continues to spike higher, the actual number of Americans who lost jobs during the month was the smallest since last September, the fourth consecutive month in which the pace of job losses slowed.

VOA: standard.2009.06.07

America's true unemployment rate may, in fact,be higher than the number provided by the Labor Department, which does not include people who searched for work in vain and have given up, or those who settled for part-time work.

VOA: standard.2009.07.02