The ice is important because it helps keep the Arctic cold and reduces extremes in the Earth's climate.

VOA: special.2009.10.27

Special English is popular because it helps people learn American English while they learn about world news, science,American life and other subjects.

VOA: special.2009.04.06

And because this vital source of lending has frozen up, no financial recovery plan will be successful unless it helps restart securitization markets."

VOA: special.2009.02.13

It helps reduce the number of high school drop-outs in Los Angeles and the San Francisco area.

VOA: special.2011.03.02

He also told President Karzai that the United States will make every effort to avoid harming civilians as it helps the Afghan government.

VOA: special.2009.05.09

It helps us understand how each one developed his artistry and how each has shaped rock history.

VOA: special.2009.08.07

It helps them better understand not only how dinosaurs looked but also how they behaved.

VOA: special.2010.03.16

It helps keep the soil from getting dry, so it reduces the need for watering.

VOA: special.2009.06.30

And studies have found that it helps protect against a decrease in mental ability.

VOA: special.2009.03.24

This study shows that not only is it better for the person who is infected, but it helps that person from transmitting to the person that's their sexual partner, heterosexual partner."

VOA: special.2011.05.18

Others say it helps their memory.

VOA: special.2009.04.07

Gibbs said that engaging on the world stage is in the national interest because it helps create stability in an important region of the world.

VOA: standard.2009.04.20

And,our success here helps us commercially. It helps us with the broadcasts.

VOA: standard.2010.03.01

"That's how I see writing." "It's not so much that it makes your identity, but that it helps you see it, and it helps you be able to define it better and understand it better.

VOA: standard.2010.06.15