Yet before this week, there were signs of promise of better times ahead for its nine million people.

VOA: special.2010.01.16

The results showed that if punishment was possible, the group cooperated better on the public project and donated more money towards its goal.

VOA: special.2009.03.03

This week Intel reported that its results for the past three months were better than expected.

VOA: special.2009.07.17

Microsoft says its new Bing search engine offers a better way to search the Internet.

VOA: special.2009.07.17

It says that, with the use of insecticides, better testing and drug treatments, the world could reach its goal of zero malaria deaths by twenty fifteen.

VOA: special.2010.04.20

Better working conditions. One of its first demands was an eight-hour work day.

VOA: special.2010.05.06

Then he said: "No man on earth is more ready than I am to surrender anything which I have proposed and to accept in its place anything that is better.

VOA: special.2009.03.19

But the award is better known by its nickname,Oscar.

VOA: special.2009.02.20

Its chances of passing looked better than ever.

VOA: special.2009.04.09

While its economy is in much better shape than that of Greece, many Germans seem to agree that austerity is needed.

VOA: standard.2010.06.16

He said Mexico should push for labor reforms and better education to give its youth viable, legal alternatives to the drug trade.

VOA: standard.2010.05.17

Hope for a better day for Afghanistan and a commitment to help its people build a better world and a better future.

VOA: standard.2009.10.28

"The unemployment rate could,could, at its worst be over 10 percent before it starts to get better,"

VOA: standard.2009.04.02

(SAYING) Several news editorials have said the state could better spend its time healing a crippled economy.

VOA: standard.2010.07.26

Americans should get a better idea of where the economy is headed on Friday, when the Labor Department releases its closely-watched monthly jobs report.

VOA: standard.2010.03.02