Secretary Gates said that while the missile shield was never a threat to Russia, the new configuration will likely allay some of Moscow's concerns.

VOA: standard.2009.09.17

He says the launches are more likely aimed at enforcing a two-day ban on ships off its East coast North Korea issued on Monday.

VOA: standard.2009.05.26

Kyoto expires in 2012. But many say a political framework is more likely at Copenhagen, with a binding accord to be worked out possibly next year.

VOA: standard.2009.12.08

But if deeper tissue is affected, a person is likely to feel pain every time the area gets cold.

VOA: special.2009.12.23

At home,children living with a sick adult are more likely to live in poverty and face physical and emotional abuse.

VOA: special.2011.06.08

Studies have shown that the fewer medicines a person has to take the more likely he or she will take them.

VOA: special.2009.04.08

In other words, just because women cry more does not mean they are more likely to have a "good" cry.

VOA: special.2009.01.28

For example, a person was 20% more likely to feel happy if a friend living within 1.5 kilometers was also happy.

VOA: special.2009.01.21

Engineering and accounting graduates were more likely to have started their job search already and to have accepted a job.

VOA: special.2009.06.25

So when I had a handful of these cases, it seemed to me then there was likely something worth investigating.

VOA: special.2010.02.24

Another likely cause is a problem within the body's defenses against disease, when the defenses misunderstand signals and attack the body.

VOA: special.2009.01.06

Those who quickly became pregnant again were also less likely to have a pregnancy form in their fallopian tubes, a dangerous condition.

VOA: special.2010.08.11

Schools without a nurse on duty may be more likely to send an injured child to a hospital.

VOA: special.2009.08.06

Thirty years ago the name Taylor was much more likely to go to a boy than a girl.

VOA: special.2009.07.06