But in the last twenty years, H.I.V.and the collapse of the Soviet Union helped raise death rates in thirty-seven countries worldwide.

VOA: special.2010.05.05

Thirty years ago, the Federal Trade Commission found that Stanley Kaplan's program could raise SAT scoresbut only by about twenty-five points.

VOA: special.2009.09.17

Credit card companies will have to inform cardholders forty-five days before they raise interest rates or change other important terms.

VOA: special.2009.05.22

People walked thirty-two kilometers a day for three days to increase public awareness and raise money to fight breast cancer.

VOA: special.2009.11.02

The Global Initiative for Asthma,or GINA, was formed in nineteen ninety-three to raise attention about the growing problem.

VOA: special.2009.07.28

So,Republican Congressman William McKinley of Ohio proposed a new tariff bill -- one that would raise import taxes higher than ever before.

VOA: special.2010.06.03

Walkers may donate their own money or raise money from friends and family members or fund-raising events.

VOA: special.2009.11.02

The president is moving to raise that to about sixty-eight thousand by the end of the year.

VOA: special.2009.04.04

Or,that green-eyed monster may affect your friend if you get a pay raise and she does not.

VOA: special.2010.05.23

A BTU is the amount of heat energy needed to raise the temperature of about one-half kilogram of a substance by one degree Fahrenheit.

VOA: special.2010.11.23

In eighteen seventy-five, the French established an organization to raise money for Bartholdi's creation.

VOA: special.2009.06.29

Large flows of capital can raise currency values and make export-based economies less competitive.

VOA: special.2010.11.05

The plan is expected to raise that to ninety-five percent within several years.

VOA: special.2010.03.24

That would raise the nation's coverage rate to about ninety-six percent.

VOA: special.2009.11.13