Stress is more likely to be harmful if you feel helpless to deal with the problem or situation that causes the stress.

VOA: special.2009.03.24

The issues must be treated carefully, or they will be difficult and painful if an elected official has to deal with them.

VOA: special.2009.12.06

More broadly, if all parties agree to the deal, it would defuse international concerns about Iran's nuclear program.

VOA: standard.2009.10.21

He says he even made a deal with U.S.diplomat Richard Holbrooke after the war which granted him immunity from prosecution if he left public life.

VOA: standard.2009.10.26

And,Israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu has warned the United Nations would deal, what he called, a fatal blow for Israeli-Palestinian peace if it endorses the report.

VOA: standard.2009.10.03

Holbrooke says there was never such an agreement. Tribunal judges have ruled that even if there were such a deal, it would have no bearing on the Karadzic's trial.

VOA: standard.2009.10.26

"It is a very poor country," "If we were to essentially close our markets to their products we could cause a great deal of hardship in the country and cause thousands of Hondurans to lose their jobs.

VOA: standard.2009.07.03