School officials decided to make changes at Ballou after less than sixty percent of the senior class graduated in two thousand six.

VOA: special.2011.06.23

However,that opinion changed when manufacturers learned how to make better and less costly versions of Mister Harrison's clocks.

VOA: special.2010.07.14

Paul examined the bracelet and decided that he could make the same thing -- for much less.

VOA: special.2009.05.18

The "six" in the expression comes from the six feet that make up a fathom which is a little less than two meters.

VOA: special.2009.05.24

The "six" in the expression comes from the six feet that make up a fathom -- which is a little less than two meters.

VOA: special.2011.03.06

Adding organic material such as compost to soil can also make lead less available to plants.

VOA: special.2009.06.09

Minority Leader Mitch McConnell of Kentucky says it would make future bailouts more likely,not less.

VOA: special.2010.04.16

that could make them less desirable. Asian-Americans are not the only ones who use ginseng.

VOA: special.2009.04.07

Large flows of capital can raise currency values and make export-based economies less competitive.

VOA: special.2010.11.05

But I only wanted to make his dismissal a little less painful for him.

VOA: special.2011.03.26

All the same, Whitman said steps could be taken to make commercial shipping less vulnerable to piracy on the high seas.

VOA: standard.2009.04.13

"And if we go down that road, we are going to make this country less safe.

VOA: standard.2009.11.25

Some business groups complain that the proposed tax changes will impose new costs on U.S.firms and make them less competitive in the global marketplace.

VOA: standard.2009.05.04

Census data from 2007 and 2008 show that young people under the age of 25 make up less than three percent of America's self-employed.

VOA: standard.2010.01.31

Mr.Hatoyama has signaled he will seek to make the U.S.relationship less central to Japan's decision-making.

VOA: standard.2009.08.31

He says the region's Baluch people have important ethnic and cultural differences from Pashtuns in the tribal belt that make them less willing to harbor militants.

VOA: standard.2009.03.19