This is because lighter colors take in less of the strong heat of the sun than dark colors do.

VOA: special.2009.08.19

By two thousand seven,however, the numbers were down to less than ten percent of boys and only eight percent of girls.

VOA: special.2009.07.06

They accused Wal-Mart of paying women less money than men and giving women fewer chances to get better jobs.

VOA: special.2009.07.17

These tickets are generally less costly than the price of going to a New York theater or arts show.

VOA: special.2009.08.05

The railroads made it possible to travel from one side of the country to the other in less than a week.

VOA: special.2009.02.21

The study found that eighty-five percent of women who waited less than six months to get pregnant had live births.

VOA: special.2010.08.11

The experts at the University of Illinois say pieces that weigh less than thirty grams may not produce as much.

VOA: special.2009.03.10

About thirty percent of workers age sixteen to twenty-four with less than a high school diploma were unemployed last month.

VOA: special.2009.08.20

A low-fat diet is one in which less than thirty percent of a person's daily calorie intake comes from fat.

VOA: special.2011.07.05

But that was less than they fell at the end of two thousand eight compared to a year earlier.

VOA: special.2009.05.29

But it grew too slowly. By the end of summer, there were still less than twenty men hiding in the old house.

VOA: special.2009.06.18

He says each new version of one bill is weaker and less effective than the one before it.

VOA: special.2010.04.21

These were people under the age of sixty and those who had smoked for less than twenty years.

VOA: special.2009.06.23

The study found that Jews are less than two percent of the adult population of the United States.

VOA: special.2010.03.05