The longer the wait,experts say, the more likely that the risks of treatment will outweigh the benefits.

VOA: special.2009.08.12

The seventy-one year old cried tears of joy as she told the crowd the award was "a long time coming" but worth the wait.

VOA: special.2011.02.18

The wait was cut to fifteen days under pressure from Congress.

VOA: special.2009.06.11

But the wait time has increased again over the past year.

VOA: special.2009.06.11

The activists were greeted like heroes, and many could not wait to tell their stories to the waiting army of journalists.

VOA: standard.2010.06.03

But self-described nerd Kenta Asata, said the wait was worth it.

VOA: standard.2010.05.28

Gather and tie the leaves over the head, and do not wait for the buds to separate before harvesting.

VOA: special.2010.03.09

But March also means another kind of madness -- the nervous wait for admissions letters from colleges and universities.

VOA: special.2009.03.26

John could not wait to pay back the rest of the money that Judge Tone said his father had borrowed.

VOA: special.2010.06.26

It can provide thick green grass without the work or wait required to grow a lawn from seed.

VOA: special.2009.07.07

But John Masiunas of the University of Illinois Extension says it may be best to wait until after the last winter freeze.

VOA: special.2009.03.10

He would wait in orbit around the moon while Armstrong and Aldrin landed and explored the surface.

VOA: special.2009.07.15

It was a cancer. President Cleveland asked how long he could wait to have the cancer removed.

VOA: special.2010.06.17

They did not wait for Norway or Belgium or the Netherlands to commit an act of war."

VOA: special.2010.01.31