There should be some sense by the end of the year,he says, whether or not serious progress is being made.

VOA: special.2009.05.23

This means a place that is fun and not serious, and maybe even out of touch with reality.

VOA: special.2010.01.03

The new guidelines recognize that most cases are not serious and go away within a few days.

VOA: special.2009.09.02

There is no cure. Children may develop a kind of the disease that is not serious.

VOA: special.2009.05.26

A physician in Morocco familiar with the situation describes the captain's condition as "not serious."

VOA: standard.2009.12.07

Auwal Ibrahim Rafsanjani speaks for the group. "This is just confirming the concern and fear that we have that this government is not serious about fighting corruption,".

VOA: standard.2009.04.18

They were not charged with the more serious crime of espionage, so the extent of their success as spies is not clear.

VOA: special.2010.07.10

Doctors say not to return to physical activity for a few hours because serious conditions could develop.

VOA: special.2010.07.27

And no serious Southern writer was willing to describe a South that did not exist.

VOA: special.2010.01.03

He did not think President Harrison could solve the serious economic problems the country faced.

VOA: special.2010.06.17

It can be any kind of trouble--serious, and not so serious.

VOA: special.2009.05.10

They are serious and they are many. They will not be met easily or in a short span of time.

VOA: standard.2010.01.15

CDC spokesman Christopher Cox says though the idea is well-intentioned, it is not a good way to protect against serious illness.

VOA: standard.2009.12.18

"This is very serious. That's why the rice will not go back to the level that we used to see,".

VOA: standard.2009.12.17

These are countries which are not stable politically." "The Georgians,particularly, need serious military reforms before they'll come up to NATO standards.

VOA: standard.2009.09.04

He said it is a serious international problem that should be addressed broadly and can not be solved entirely by military means.

VOA: standard.2009.04.13

Shakira must not even come through and sing that song.I am serious. She must not.It sucks."

VOA: standard.2010.05.05

Republicans say that budget shows the president is not really serious about helping small business.

VOA: standard.2009.03.16

This issue could not be more serious." Controversy over health care reform proposals has cost President Obama public approval points, reflected in the latest opinion polls.

VOA: standard.2009.09.09

Russian Energy Minister Sergei Shmatko told reporters in Moscow his country expects serious results at Bushehr by the end of 2009, but the launch itself will not take place.

VOA: standard.2009.11.16

"What was told in Tbilisi,I think, that as far as it is not connected to any real moves made by the Obama administration it is nothing serious or the Kremlin."

VOA: standard.2010.07.05

"For the health sector, it will be to be ready to cope with a disease, which will spread in areas where they do not spread or which may become more serious,".

VOA: standard.2009.08.30

The Iranian diplomat told delegates that illicit drugs represent a serious peril to the security and stability of not only Afghanistan, but the entire region,adding that no country can fight the phenomenon alone.

VOA: standard.2009.03.27

"The EPRDF has discussed with parties that seem to approve or endorse its lines, not the serious parties that do challenge the EPRDF and do have serious issues about the political space in the country,"

VOA: standard.2009.11.01

"It seems that more clarity is likely to emerge about who did what to whom and whether or not war crimes, crimes against humanity and other very serious human rights abuses were committed by one or both sides,"

VOA: standard.2009.10.25