But most scholars - such as Roger Smith with the College of William and Mary - say the figure is higher.

VOA: standard.2010.03.18

Much historic controversy pivots around the figure of Soviet dictator Joseph Stalin,who butchered millions of his own citizens in a bloody campaign to consolidate power.

VOA: standard.2009.12.25

But,we do not have the figure of the non reported cases, of the women who have not the strength to go and complain or seek for treatment."

VOA: standard.2009.06.21

"He is the figure of authority that we have to deal with.

VOA: standard.2009.08.09

The figures in the two efforts reveal an anomaly: While Cambodia has succeeded in dramatically cutting the ratio of children who die each year, the maternal mortality figure has not dropped in a decade.

VOA: standard.2009.11.10

"The good news is, the bulbs will figure it out." Do not use fertilizer for the first year.

VOA: special.2011.04.12

"After many years of trying to figure out what is going on with the genetic cause of depression, we're still not there yet."

VOA: special.2009.06.24

The father of the family has to be respected as a figure of great strength.

VOA: special.2011.07.13

Lysacek became the first American man to win gold in figure skating since nineteen eighty-eight.

VOA: special.2010.02.26

And Evan Lysacek won the gold medal in mens figure skating.

VOA: special.2010.02.26

"One of the programming problems was try to figure out how to break an arbitrary chocolate bar into a certain number of pieces of a certain number of sizes and to do it as quickly as possible.

VOA: special.2010.03.11

But we are going to need you, not just here today, but you're going to have to go home and take some of what you've learned here and teach your families and folks -- the other kids in your schools who haven't had a chance to come, and figure out how you guys can get other people in your lives moving."

VOA: special.2010.06.07

She is disturbed and trying to figure out why she is the way she is and what happened to her.

VOA: standard.2010.05.04

But that figure could rise dramatically, as some 150 personnel are still unaccounted for nearly 48 hours after the quake.

VOA: standard.2010.01.14