She points out that many foreign graduates ask to stay for what is called optional practical training.

VOA: special.2009.07.02

And I've been hearing a lot about young people who -- you know, they're posting stuff on Facebook, and then suddenly they go apply for a job and somebody has done a search and, so,that's some practical political advice for you right there."

VOA: special.2009.09.14

The project was a conceived as a practical laboratory for cooperation between the two Koreas, which remain technically at war.

VOA: standard.2009.09.11

Treasury Secretary Geithner agreed that the bonuses are unconscionable, but said there was no practical way for him to block them.

VOA: standard.2009.03.24

But the environmental waste expert concedes that for the time being, landfills are the only practical option.

VOA: standard.2010.08.05

"In fact what has happened over the last generation is that Islam has been hijacked for all practical purposes by the most extreme elements in the Muslim world.

VOA: standard.2010.03.18

Speaking at a Moscow news conference, Russian Foreign Ministry spokesman Andrei Nesterenko said the first meeting between U.S.President Barack Obama and his Russian counterpart,Dmitri Medvedev, set the basis for practical cooperation between the two countries.

VOA: standard.2009.04.02

EU Finance Commissioner Olli Rehn made the call after a first round of talks with Greek officials amid growing market expectations of a trade-off between new deficit cutting steps and practical EU support for Greek borrowing.

VOA: standard.2010.03.01

"If this implies any practical steps taken against Israel, it will make it impossible for any Israeli government to take risks for the sake of peace and that will be detrimental for the peace process,".

VOA: standard.2009.10.16