Some herbs and spices may be gaining importance in modern medicine.

VOA: special.2010.06.01

Yet technology can have special importance in some cases.

VOA: special.2009.12.17

"Prevention of HIV among young people is of critical importance in this country where a large part of the population is young, and where sexual relations start very early and they are not protected.

VOA: standard.2009.04.24

Russia's importance to ballet continued in the twentieth century thanks to the forward thinking Sergei Diaghilev and his Ballets Russes dancers.

VOA: special.2011.01.26

But visitors to Guadalupe Mountains National Park in West Texas can still get a sense of their historic importance.

VOA: special.2010.04.26

But during World War Two, national leaders recognized the importance of the territory to security in the Pacific.

VOA: special.2009.03.02

On Tuesday the president gave a nationally broadcast speech to students about the importance of staying in school.

VOA: special.2009.09.10

The F.C.C.says the court "in no way disagreed with the importance of preserving a free and open Internet."

VOA: special.2010.04.09

In a striking closing scene, the ocean expert Sylvia Earle talks about the importance of protecting the beautiful world that lives under the sea.

VOA: special.2009.03.25

No,a newspaper reporter -- a reminder, in this age of new media and social media, not to forget the importance of the old media.

VOA: special.2009.04.20

He has a "big head." A person who is filled with his own importance and pride is said to have "his nose in the air.

VOA: special.2009.03.08

Alec Baldwin spoke at New York University about the importance of taking risks in life.

VOA: special.2010.05.28

He spoke about the importance and the promise of America's new position in the world.

VOA: special.2010.07.29

President Medvedev also recognized the importance of Islam and Islamic leaders in the Caucasus.

VOA: special.2010.04.03