He says there are a number of simple, low-cost interventions that can improve the chances of a full-term birth.

VOA: special.2009.10.26

This term is used especially for plants like herbs that produce new growth year after year from the same root structure.

VOA: special.2009.07.21

An impacted wisdom tooth is one that fails to completely rise through the gums -- the term is erupt.

VOA: special.2011.08.10

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

VOA: special.2010.06.16

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

The Federal Reserve suggested again that short-term interest rates are likely to remain near zero for some time.

VOA: special.2009.01.31

The scientists say that studies based on the new genome may help explain, in the short-term, why the organism has been so aggressive.

VOA: special.2009.11.03

And,she hopes that more travelers of all nationalities will see themselves as ambassadors who have a long term responsibility to the places they visit.

VOA: special.2009.04.22

The scientists say that in the short term, studies based on the new genome may help explain why the pathogen has been so aggressive.

VOA: special.2009.10.20

Media Relations Director Jeffrey Hiday says the term "think tank" dates back to that time.

VOA: special.2010.09.27

The name comes from Spanish and,before that,from a Latin term for a small horse.

VOA: special.2010.02.16

He hoped that during his second four-year term he could end the Civil War.

VOA: special.2009.12.17

RealtyTrac is a company that counts foreclosures, the legal term for bank repossessions.

VOA: special.2011.01.24

That term was connected with the women's labor movement.

VOA: special.2009.09.07