Existing supplies may not be high quality or developed correctly for local needs.

VOA: special.2009.05.05

For now, students from countries in the program should contact their local Fulbright committee or United States embassy.

VOA: special.2009.06.18

A charter school might be independent or connected to the local public school system.

VOA: special.2010.01.21

Or they buy flowers from a local farmer's market instead of a professional florist.

VOA: special.2010.08.09

The report says spending remains flat or in decline in the local economy.

VOA: special.2009.03.30

"One of the absolutely key, most important variables as to whether or not a forest survives and continues is whether local people monitor each other and its use.

VOA: special.2009.10.16

Or they might choose to have a local painkiller and remain awake.

VOA: special.2011.08.10

The students live in dormitories or apartments or with local families.

VOA: special.2009.06.18

Some called it "socialized education" or federal interference in local schools.

VOA: special.2009.09.10

Or,a local language might disappear more slowly.

VOA: special.2009.12.02

"If you're a poor shopkeeper living in a very impoverished part of Botswana and you're trying to feed your family, trying to buy and sell goods, trying to get medical services for your kids or your employees, and you speak a local language, there's nothing on today's Web that's going to help you,right?

VOA: special.2010.11.08

Cancer specialist Dr.Karol Sikora says the quality of care is uneven, because local authorities decide which medications or treatments are available.

VOA: standard.2009.09.24

He feels equally at home at a local event or a prestigious stage such as Carnegie Hall.

VOA: standard.2010.07.06

Fambul Tok,or Family Talk in the local Krio language, draws from traditional mediation and conflict resolution methods.

VOA: standard.2010.06.07