In simple terms, think of snow or ice as a filter.

VOA: special.2010.01.05

"I think we are still at that point, the firms are getting less aggressive in terms of job cutting.

VOA: standard.2009.11.06

And I don't think our interests are any different from the American ones in terms of North Korea."

VOA: standard.2009.12.08

"In terms of disruption to aviation I think this is probably the worst it's been in northwest Europe."

VOA: standard.2010.04.17

And I do think watching the game makes a difference in terms of inspiring kids to play."

VOA: standard.2010.06.15

"I think that affected the Pakistani sentiment in terms of how it looked at the U.S.."

VOA: standard.2010.07.08

"Cautious optimism is once again the buzz word and I think the region Asia Pacific is showing the way in terms of the IATA statistics,".

VOA: standard.2010.02.04

And I think the comfort with technology may have gotten ahead of what may be the best in terms of the management of the patient."

VOA: standard.2010.06.23

In terms of the time length, I think you are looking at months, not weeks."

VOA: standard.2010.03.12

"It's set to take over from North America in absolute terms of movement and I think that's a good sign as well that intra-Asia, the demand is definitely coming back."

VOA: standard.2010.02.04

But a majority don't think it is going to work in terms of being able to stop terrorists there from using Afghanistan as a terrorist base to do terrorists acts against the United States."

VOA: standard.2009.10.09

I think Felipe Calderon is coming here with the hope that once President Obama embraces him and says all the right things in terms of applauding what he has done right over the past three years.

VOA: standard.2010.05.17

"The timeline that we've talked about is actually,in a sense that, if I were to use the surge in Iraq, look where we are right now, sort of apply the same kind of timeline to Afghanistan, as best we can tell, and we think that's reasonable, in terms of having the impact, and then being able to thin our forces out and bring them back".

VOA: standard.2009.11.04