So far,the answer is no. Even though some of Louisiana's quarter-million hectares of rice farms are located within shouting distance of bespoiled marshes, rice ponds rely on fresh water from wells and rainfall - not saltwater that,even without oil, would kill tender plants.

VOA: standard.2010.06.17

The waters can look so still and blue, like a painting, though they can also become rough with waves when the wind blows.

VOA: special.2009.01.05

So someone returning from mass displacement, even though I'm sure are thrilled to be going home, they bring with them all sorts of challenges upon their return."

VOA: special.2011.07.06

So far,though,the fighting had not claimed many lives.

VOA: special.2009.08.27

and the forces of nature. I dreaded that first robin so, But he is mastered now, And I'm accustomed to him grown-- He hurts a little though I dared not meet the daffodils, For fear their yellow gown Would pierce me with a fashion So foreign to my own.

VOA: special.2010.07.18

And so in PNG though the military is one of the few organizations which actually can operate nationally effectively,".

VOA: standard.2009.04.04

So I never went back to workfor Lieutenant Dan, though he did take careof my Bubba Gump money.

VOA: standard.other

So far,though, the oil hasn't reached very far inland, and saltwater has not seeped into the farmers' wells.

VOA: standard.2010.06.17

O'Hanlon says even though the aim of modern day terrorists is to force a change in policy, so far,the tactics do not work.

VOA: standard.2010.03.30

The six nations will allow companies to self-certify where goods come from so they no longer have to spend time and money going though export authorities.

VOA: standard.2009.11.09

Though he could sell his works - Mikhaiel has not done so,for now.

VOA: standard.2010.07.30

"It has become increasingly clear that Tony Blair misled parliament on more than one occasion and I think that MPs were invited to make their own judgment on the merits of the case for war and they were entitled to do so on the truth and it looks very much as though that the truth was withheld from parliament and many MPs may well have made a different decision if they had had the full unvarnished truth,".

VOA: standard.2009.12.13