They have largely resisted long-standing requests to send more troops to the war-torn country, particularly to more volatile areas.

VOA: standard.2009.03.29

Secretary Gates says a re-evaluation is particularly appropriate because security has deteriorated more than expected in Afghanistan.

VOA: standard.2009.10.06

Finally,there's a section that talks more about the unsolved mysteries and particularly the role that the Large Hadron Collider would play in that."

VOA: standard.2010.03.05

"The situation is somehow much more unknown to the Western world and was not particularly described in the media and it was particularly touching."

VOA: standard.2010.06.29

"I think that more troops are certainly needed, particularly to do one thing we need to build up the Afghan security forces quickly both the army and the police.

VOA: standard.2009.09.29

If the vaccine campaign fails to take off in Europe, the society says, the swine flu pandemic may even spread more widely and cause more deaths, particularly among children and young adults.

VOA: standard.2009.11.25

"They are known as the younger, new Taliban,many of whom, particularly those working in the Haqqani network, are perceived as being even more radical and more, let us call it bloodthirsty, than their elders,"

VOA: standard.2009.03.11

It is not an easy task,she said. "This is going to be a very hard act for him to pursue, particularly when there is very, very deep hostility to the United States and to the West more generally in Pakistan."

VOA: standard.2010.08.06

And although U.S.officials say small adjustments may be possible in the specific plan for an air base in northern Okinawa, Secretary Gates said he doubts the U.S.Congress would agree to significant changes in the agreement, particularly if they would cost the United States more money.

VOA: standard.2009.10.20