They worked quickly to catch up. Less than a year later, on October first,nineteen fifty-eight, the National Aeronautic and Space Administration,or NASA, began operations.

VOA: special.2010.08.20

Leaders of the Group of Twenty have now met three times in less than a year to deal with the worst recession since the nineteen thirties.

VOA: special.2009.09.26

Their album "ABC" followed less than a year later.

VOA: special.2009.06.27

But the charisma of the former guerrillas soon faded and the Maoist-led government collapsed in less than a year.

VOA: standard.2010.07.29

In 2007 elections were held, but less than a year later rebel soldiers shot President Jose Ramos-Horta.

VOA: standard.2009.08.27

It is unrealistic,he says, to expect him to have delivered on most of his promises, less than a year after his inspirational address to the Muslim world.

VOA: standard.2010.05.11

The junta leader, who seized power less than a year ago, previously said he would not run in elections scheduled for January but has since indicated he may change his mind.

VOA: standard.2009.10.16

"I think it is safe to say he was surprised,". Less than a year after taking office, Mr.Obama is joining an elite group of recognized peacemakers that includes Nelson Mandela, and Martin Luther King,Jr.

VOA: standard.2009.10.09

The President took a personal interest in restructuring Chrysler and General Motors, following two of the largest bankruptcies in U.S.history - less than a year after he had proposed billions of dollars in government loans.

VOA: standard.2010.07.29

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

VOA: special.2009.05.29

They offer professional training and traditionally cost a lot less than programs at four-year schools.

VOA: special.2009.11.19

"Is it calmer now? Are people a little less active than they were a few months ago or about a year ago?

VOA: standard.2010.06.15

"So it's certainly not going to be with us in anything less than three years, and I think it's more likely that we're in a five to ten year time frame."

VOA: standard.2010.07.21

The White House and the non-partisan Congressional Budget Office,or CBO, project a federal deficit of about $1.6 trillion for the current fiscal year a record-high, although slightly less than had been projected a few months ago.

VOA: standard.2009.08.25

And there are the Disney theme parks. But toward the end of last year, the Walt Disney Family Museum was born in a complex of modest red brick buildings less than a five-minute drive from San Francisco's Golden Gate Bridge.

VOA: standard.2010.02.26

The CBO projection is $7 trillion. The difference between the two estimates lies primarily in the fact that the CBO assumes the expiration of Bush administration-era tax cuts, while the White House is assuming that President Barack Obama will honor his pledge against allowing taxes to rise on families earning less than $250,000 a year.

VOA: standard.2009.08.25