As Congress waits to hear the outcome of the president's review, there is mounting concern about the ramifications of whatever decisions he makes, both short and long-term impact, for the United States, the South Asian region, and for the war against al-Qaida.

VOA: standard.2009.10.15

There are also two Japanese swords, one long and one short, that were made in the fourteen hundreds.

VOA: special.2010.08.04

He wrote several long poems, but is best known for his one hundred and fifty-four short poems,or sonnets.

VOA: special.2010.01.06

In one boxcar, a short man with long, curly brown hair is playing a guitar and singing.

VOA: special.2010.06.13

It had rows of long teeth and ten very short legs.

VOA: special.2010.07.17

Scheduling decisions made well before the tournament have forced some teams to travel long distances and play on short rest.

VOA: standard.2009.11.05

Short-range test launches are not formally prohibited under United Nations sanctions against the North, which forbid medium and long-range ballistic activities.

VOA: standard.2009.10.13

The $10-billion U.S.missile defense program involves a combination of systems designed to detect and intercept missiles coming from short,medium and long distances.

VOA: standard.2010.03.26

"What's on the table so far is quite limited and quite short term, when it needs to be large and long term,".

VOA: standard.2009.12.11

And just like golf clubs, they are specialized, for long,short and midrange distances.

VOA: standard.2010.08.03