That meant no other player on the team could ever wear that number.

VOA: special.2010.04.11

If current rates continue, that number could reach one billion in this century.

VOA: special.2010.05.31

Then he divided that number by the square of their distance apart.

VOA: special.2011.06.01

That number is expected to grow as more people use mobile phones.

VOA: special.2009.11.02

Today,that number has doubled. Trust for America's Health, a non-profit group, has just issued its seventh report on obesity in America.

VOA: standard.2010.07.02

I think when you stretch it out over three years, because the program does go further, you get closer to that number,"

VOA: standard.2009.03.10

Of that number,about half are thought to have entered the country illegally,with the rest overstaying their visas.

VOA: standard.2009.09.01

And other countries are ready to fill the gap. We already import about But the oil spill is expected to drive that number higher.

VOA: standard.2010.05.27

In one year,that number would double. The auto industry was failing, banks had become reluctant to lend and Americans were losing their homes in record numbers.

VOA: standard.2010.01.15

More than 3 million players in the US, from the ages of 5 to 19, are registered in youth football programs and that number is rising.

VOA: standard.2010.06.15

Opinion polls show that a large majority of Australians oppose adding to that number.

VOA: standard.2009.03.24

And some do it better than others. One measure of success is the five-year survival rate, and the lead author of a new study says that number varied dramatically among the different medical centers doing lung transplants.

VOA: standard.2010.07.14

Recent polls give President Obama an approval rating of between 58 and 64 percent, and some experts believe that number could rise depending on how the public reacts at the end of his overseas trip next week.

VOA: standard.2009.04.03

"This was a hugely significant attack plan. With that number of aircraft, with the types of destination that were being talked about, it is conceivable to think of upwards of 2,000 casualties in the air depending on the point of detonation whether others would have been caught on the ground as well.

VOA: standard.2009.09.07