The severe economic crisis -- the Great Depression -- created an atmosphere for artistic imagination and creative expression.

VOA: special.2011.04.14

People infected with the virus walk in a bent-over position because of the severe pain in the joints.

VOA: special.2009.04.13

That is why it is hard to tell a powerful storm, Hurricane Andrew, caused severe damage to the area in nineteen ninety-two.

VOA: special.2009.06.30

But since then, the twenty-five year old had experienced severe hip and back problems.

VOA: special.2010.02.26

That is just under the wind-speed of a hurricane,a very severe ocean storm.

VOA: special.2010.10.19

In nineteen seventy-nine, Ashe felt severe pain in his chest.

VOA: special.2010.02.07

It also reduced cases of severe malaria by forty-nine percent.

VOA: special.2010.04.20

The Sherman Anti-trust Law sounded severe.

VOA: special.2010.06.03

Osteoarthritis is usually treated with pain relievers and anti-inflammatory drugs, but in severe cases, the damaged joint can be replaced with an artificial one.

VOA: standard.2010.08.11

Sinclair-Thompson says the travel industry and governments gained experience in dealing with health crises in 2003, when Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome hit the region.

VOA: standard.2009.04.28

Unusually severe rains began falling on September 1 in Burkina Faso, depositing about one-quarter of the country's annual rainfall on the capital,Ouagadougou in just one day.

VOA: standard.2009.09.13

Dr.Chan said all countries should immediately activate their pandemic preparedness plans and countries should remain on high alert for unusual outbreaks of influenza-like illness and severe pneumonia.

VOA: standard.2009.04.29

The president says Congress must put politics aside, and understand that America has the ability to handle detainee cases - from those easily transferred to civilian courts, to those considered a severe threat who for one reason or another cannot be prosecuted.

VOA: standard.2009.05.21

But an even more astounding result for us from this survey, which encompassed 1,000 adults a random telephone survey in January of this year, was that over 800 of the respondents - that's over four out of five people - say they are still buying green products, still buying green products in a very severe recession."

VOA: standard.2009.03.30