The two time periods tested whether people were more likely to act differently in the short term than in the long term.

VOA: special.2009.03.03

Yet that short war led to long-term changes for America.

VOA: special.2010.07.29

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

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

Simmons say Havana has long relied on short wave radio to send encoded messages using a system that converts letters into numbers.

VOA: standard.2009.06.06

"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