But the most common cause is long-term smoking or years of breathing other people's smoke.

VOA: special.2010.06.23

The document also says "Iran continues to pose a significant challenge to Iraq's long-term stability and political independence.

VOA: standard.2009.03.31

"The aim of our efforts is to achieve a comprehensive and long-term settlement which would restore international confidence in the peaceful nature of Iran's nuclear program, while respecting Iran's legitimate rights to the peaceful use of atomic energy."

VOA: standard.2010.06.09

"This conference gives us all an opportunity to reignite its path to progress by working as a team with Haiti at the helm to advance a comprehensive, long-term strategy for Haiti's growth, by coordinating hemispheric and international efforts, by targeting clear goals, by setting benchmarks to gauge our progress, and deploying our diverse skills and resources efficiently and effectively."

VOA: standard.2009.04.14

The group's recent "State of the Air" report said Pittsburgh has the worst short-term fine particle pollution in the country.

VOA: special.2009.07.13

Wayne Bronner says the family's long-term planning and willingness to reinvest profits has grown the company into what it is today.

VOA: special.2009.12.25

He was first elected in 1989 to complete the term of Harold Washington, the city's first black mayor, who died in office.

VOA: special.2009.01.12

That was just three days before his term ended and James Polk moved into the White House as the nation's eleventh president.

VOA: special.2009.02.19

Fuller's good navy record won him a short-term appointment to the United States Naval Academy in Annapolis,Maryland.

VOA: special.2010.05.30

Among other things, they say he sought to profit from his duty to appoint a United States senator to complete Barack Obama's term.

VOA: special.2009.01.12

This week in our series, Harry Monroe and Kay Gallant tell about Grants second term in office.

VOA: special.2010.02.25

Lowering short-term interest rates is the Federal Reserve's main way to get banks to increase lending.

VOA: special.2010.11.05

Americas eighteenth president, Ulysses Grant, was elected to his second term in eighteen seventy-two.

VOA: special.2010.02.25

These include linking the pay of bankers to their bank's long-term performance.

VOA: special.2009.10.02