Doctors in training may have to do hundreds of stitches in some cases to close the skin after an operation.

VOA: special.2010.02.10

He believed that much of what was being said and done in Ohio was close to the crime of treason.

VOA: special.2009.10.22

But the risk rises to one in every 40 people among those who have a close family member with the disease.

VOA: special.2009.01.06

Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan says Israel is close to losing what he called its "best friend" in the area.

VOA: special.2010.06.05

In the United States alone, the number of infections in hospitals is estimated at close to two million each year.

VOA: special.2010.04.21

Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner wrote in the Washington Post that the deep financial crisis is close to the end.

VOA: special.2010.04.16

At the close of the Group of 20 Summit in Toronto,Canada, the president noted moves in Europe to cut government spending.

VOA: special.2010.07.02

Public schools in the United States have to be neutral about religion, even though they close for holidays like Christmas.

VOA: special.2009.12.24

In April,after the first cases in the United States, officials told schools to close at the first sign of an H1N1 outbreak.

VOA: special.2009.08.05

Land protests last year forced the company to close its factory in the Indian state of West Bengal.

VOA: special.2009.03.28

But the closeness of their friendship might be seen best in a story told by one of Roosevelt's close advisers, Harry Hopkins.

VOA: special.2011.07.07

If someone offers me an amount that is close to my selling price, I might say the amount is in the ballpark.

VOA: special.2009.04.12

It was amended. The new bill would simply close all places in the District of Columbia where slaves were bought and sold.

VOA: special.2009.03.12

On Tuesday, federal officials in the United States advised schools not to close anymore when they have cases.

VOA: special.2009.05.06