The study is said to be the first to examine in detail measurements of bone strength instead of bone density.

VOA: special.2009.03.10

President Obama aims to defeat the Taliban by sending more troops and development aid to Afghanistan while reducing troop strength in Iraq.

VOA: special.2009.08.22

The study found this loss of bone strength increases the risk of broken bones later in life.

VOA: special.2009.03.10

Webster and his supporters were Tyler's only real strength in the Whig Party outside of Virginia.

VOA: special.2009.02.05

He admits that the new situation,in his words, "can complicate the Czech government's negotiating strength in the EU."

VOA: standard.2009.03.25

American troop strength in the then-South Vietnam went from 184,000 at the end of 1965 and increased to 537,000 by the end of 1968.

VOA: standard.2009.09.09

Today,Feiler is cancer-free. But he says his idea has caught on, and he believes that his book, The Council of Dads, and the website councilofdads.com is inspiring similar groups to form wherever dads seek strength in the fellowship of fathers.

VOA: standard.2010.06.19

President Obama has been deliberating over military proposals to boost U.S.strength in Afghanistan by as many as 40,000 troops, while the future of Germany's troop presence in Afghanistan was a key issue in the September elections that returned Chancellor Merkel to power.

VOA: standard.2009.11.09

And,she believes in the strength of the human spirit which allows people to reach goals which might otherwise seem impossible.

VOA: special.2009.11.18

They found that people who spend months in space lose bone strength at a faster rate than experts had thought.

VOA: special.2009.03.10

Theodore Roosevelt faced the responsibilities of foreign policy with the same strength he used in facing national problems.

VOA: special.2010.08.12

Babe dug his feet in the ground and pulled with all his strength until the road became straight.

VOA: special.2009.01.24

He was known for his strength. Railroads began to link the United States together in the nineteenth century.

VOA: special.2009.02.21

The astronauts' decrease in bone strength measured from point six percent to five percent for each month spent on the space station.

VOA: special.2009.03.10

And it increased the military strength of the Union by making it possible for free blacks to serve in the northern army.

VOA: special.2009.02.09

The South,however, felt the pressure more severely, because it was weaker in troop strength and industrial strength.

VOA: special.2009.10.22

"And the water here, came in like that,bang." When Katrina hit, water levels exceeded the height and strength of many of these walls.

VOA: special.2010.01.22

She says her hope comes from her belief in four things: the human brain,the human spirit, nature's strength and the energy of young people.

VOA: special.2009.11.18