And they got meaningful on-the-job training for what is quickly becoming one of the fastest growing careers of the future.

VOA: special.2009.09.04

In recent years, there have been growing concerns about the floating garbage and its effect on sea creatures and human health.

VOA: special.2009.09.22

And the waste produced by the islands' growing human population places an increased threat on the wildlife.

VOA: special.2009.12.16

They pick wild blueberries growing on the rocky fields and red cranberries growing in wet bogs.

VOA: special.2009.07.20

But she based the characters on real people she knew growing up.

VOA: special.2010.07.08

The growing popularity of football or soccer known as here in the U.S., is on display every week on this pitch.

VOA: standard.2010.06.15

(SAYING) On the streets of Sana'a, anger over price hikes is growing almost as fast as the prices.

VOA: standard.2010.04.20

What that means,he says,is that many young people are missing out on career opportunities in some of the fastest-growing job markets in the economy.

VOA: standard.2009.11.25

Monteiro says tourism on Santiago is not growing at the rate of other Cape Verdean islands.

VOA: standard.2009.06.04

The growing demand for meat and dairy products is putting particular strain on the environment.

VOA: standard.2010.06.04

And I even have a section on what I call 'designer snowflakes,' which is us growing crystals in the lab,trying to understand how the physics works."

VOA: standard.2009.12.19

Director of the University's Human Rights Program Mark Ensalaco says one of the targets of the conference is to shed light on a growing problem in the United States.

VOA: standard.2009.11.13

Many of these and there are more than 225 and the number is growing will have to be investigated on location in a country with rugged and hostile terrain.

VOA: standard.2009.08.23

Bevis says growing up on-and-off the reservation is tough.

VOA: standard.2009.12.11

During that time, while on tour in Europe and Southeast Asia, he decided to stray from his usual regimen of smooth jazz and focus on the jazz classics he heard growing up.

VOA: standard.2010.04.12

And African presidents from Rwanda, Ghana and Sierra Leone each pointed to the negative impact of the global financial and food crises, as well as the growing impact of climate change, on development in their countries.

VOA: standard.2009.09.24

Analyst Houchang Hassan-yari, who teaches at Canada's Royal Military College, says that the recent reactions of Iranian leaders demonstrate a growing realization on their part that sanctions are starting to have a negative impact on their economy.

VOA: standard.2010.07.23

Despite Britain's growing losses in Afghanistan, Mr.Brown is sending on the condition that other NATO coalition countries show the same commitment, the Afghan government promises to continue to expand its army, and British soldiers are properly equipped.

VOA: standard.2009.10.14

Clinton is not visiting Pakistan on this trip to the region and administration officials say her India visit - spanning four days is intended to underscore a growing strategic relationship spawned by the two countries' landmark nuclear cooperation accord in 2005.

VOA: standard.2009.07.17

I think it is a combination of a very,very distinct special language on one hand and then on the other, she has really a story to tell about growing up in a dictatorship but also growing up as a minority in another country and also growing up sort of a stranger for your own family.

VOA: standard.2009.10.08