A majority of those surveyed expect the security situation in their local area to improve in the next year, although in regions where there is major conflict, respondents are less optimistic about future improvements.

VOA: standard.2009.10.27

A major reason is that the dunes bury any plants in their way as they move across the desert.

VOA: special.2010.01.04

It is now a major part of the United States Navy Submarine Force Museum and Library near New London,Connecticut.

VOA: special.2010.06.11

The only other reggae musician in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame is the other major reggae star, Bob Marley.

VOA: special.2010.03.19

Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack points out that agriculture is one of the few major areas of the economy with a trade surplus.

VOA: special.2010.12.07

It is the first major exhibit to explore the role that sexual identity has played in modern paintings and photographs of people.

VOA: special.2010.12.15

Yet agriculture is failing." Historians give four major reasons why agriculture was failing in the late eighteen eighties.

VOA: special.2010.06.10

The United States is the only major industrial country that does not guarantee health care for all.

VOA: special.2009.07.25

Islamic bonds can be structured in different ways, but a major idea is shared profit and loss.

VOA: special.2009.12.11

And that is a major challenge." Larry Graham,president of the National Confectioners Association in Washington, represented industry groups at the launch of the framework.

VOA: special.2010.10.26

The Ogallala aquifer is a major source of drinking and irrigation water for America's central plains.

VOA: special.2011.07.08

The report says overfishing is a major problem that government rules have done little to stop.

VOA: special.2010.05.25

Rounder is a major label that specializes in roots music, including bluegrass and old-time country.

VOA: special.2010.04.19

This is the first major exhibit to pay attention to Dali's art after nineteen forty.

VOA: special.2010.12.03