"For me,the best health news of the previous decade is the fact that the long overdue influenza pandemic has been so moderate in its impact .

VOA: standard.2010.01.18

Only the sound of insects filled the air as I walked through the empty town that summer day so long ago.

VOA: special.2009.07.04

Recently, researchers at the University of Colorado School of Medicine found that the effects of the surgery may not be long-lasting.

VOA: special.2011.07.05

But what I do remember was, at the end of that long, continuous coverage it must have been about two a.m.

VOA: special.2009.08.16

They say current tests show that the pouch can safely store the drug for as long as four months.

VOA: special.2010.05.24

The state is named after an American Indian tribe a recognition of the groups that came long before the Pilgrims.

VOA: special.2009.11.23

When it arrives, the new family member will join a long list of pets that have lived in the White House.

VOA: special.2009.02.23

The study in Benin found that solar-powered pumps are effective in supplying water, especially during the long dry season.

VOA: special.2010.01.11

American lawmakers have also long complained that China suppresses the value of the yuan to lower the price of its exports.

VOA: special.2010.07.09

The government that receives the aid can make extensive long-term plans about what to do with the money.

VOA: special.2010.06.16

At the White House, President Obama noted that Sunday's voting was only the beginning of a long process.

VOA: special.2010.03.13

It is night time. And the only sound that can be heard is the long, lonely whistle coming from the train's engine.

VOA: special.2010.06.13

Traditionally, women in the African nation work with long grasses to make the thatched roofs that cover houses.

VOA: special.2009.05.04

I could tell from the surrounding mountains that we were on the bottom of a long dead sea.

VOA: special.2011.07.23