Soon,people began to use the word hedging to describe steps that could be taken to protect against financial loss.

VOA: special.2010.01.31

Still, it was a great victory for the Whig Party and a sharply felt loss for the opposing party, the Democrats.

VOA: special.2009.01.29

The recently announced World Alzheimer Report places a shocking financial cost on care linked to dementia, or loss of mental abilities.

VOA: special.2010.10.05

It is a story of sadness and loss, of the failure of an old Southern family to which the brothers belong.

VOA: special.2010.01.10

Some people are found to have cataracts, abnormal growths on the eye that can lead to loss of eyesight.

VOA: special.2009.03.30

The report said the company was still in the red, but was able to cut its loss from the year before.

VOA: special.2009.04.26

She says this monument is a quiet place for people to come to terms with loss caused by the war.

VOA: special.2009.05.06

Professor Drinkwater says farmers need to think about ways to solve some of the causes of nutrient loss from agriculture.

VOA: special.2009.07.28

But,to be on the safe side, he also places a smaller bet on the other team, to reduce a possible loss.

VOA: special.2010.01.31

Laura Middleton says the research showed that even low-intensity activity reduced the risk of thinking problems and memory loss.

VOA: special.2011.07.27

"It contributes to smog,acid rain, loss of biodiversity, dead zones along the coast, global warming, stratospheric ozone depletion.

VOA: special.2011.04.05

But it represents a loss of about five hundred ninety thousand kilometers from the yearly average between nineteen seventy-nine and two thousand.

VOA: special.2009.05.05

Possible effects of the diet include digestive problems, loss of fluids in the body, and development of kidney stones or gall stones.

VOA: special.2010.10.26

There was a delay in muscle loss and brain shrinkage that lead to mental problems linked to aging.

VOA: special.2009.09.01