Older citizens have knowledge, experience and skills that can fill many needs.

VOA: special.2010.07.16

"Soft skills are the skills that help people communicate in the workplace.

VOA: special.2011.05.13

"Everything from basic language skills of agreement of subject and verb, use of commas and other punctuation, complete and incomplete sentences, so that we can move from basic writing/language skills to the more sophisticated skills that graduate students, upper level undergraduates and people in the work world use."

VOA: special.2010.02.11

"It is about the ability to understand our world, to harness and train that human capacity to solve problems and think critically a set of skills that informs the decisions we make throughout our lives."

VOA: standard.2009.11.24

Others said that he was chosen for his communications skills and educational level and because he was an established sports star.

VOA: special.2009.04.05

Another black writer dismissed Ellison because Ellison demanded that writing skills must be learned before political ideas can be expressed.

VOA: special.2010.09.19

But Emily Mendell says that good marriages bring together the skills and ideas that make a family work.

VOA: special.2010.02.19

It offers programs that help young people learn more about science,technology, engineering and mathematics, while building life skills.

VOA: special.2009.04.24

Educational programs are helping to give people in the area the skills they need to have jobs that do not endanger this protected area.

VOA: special.2010.11.03

Getting less than that was linked to lower abilities in language, reading and early math skills.

VOA: special.2010.06.09

Dementia is a loss of intellectual ability that affects memory, learning,attention,thinking and language skills.

VOA: special.2009.12.28

And it proved that experienced pilots had the skills necessary to fly in space.

VOA: special.2010.07.07

The GMAT is a computer test that measures reading, mathematics and writing skills.

VOA: special.2009.01.08

Then,Stovall uses his artistic skills to translate that work into a print version.

VOA: special.2009.09.02

While the flying skills of the German and British pilots were well matched, it was ultimately the greater maneuverability of the British Spitfire that won the long months of battle over the English Channel.

VOA: special.2011.06.09

Cognitive decline is the loss of ability to learn new skills, or recall words,names,and faces that is most common as we age.

VOA: standard.2010.06.17