The new Congress passed a civil service bill that required ten percent of all federal jobs to be filled through competitive examinations.

VOA: special.2010.04.29

If someone is hard-nosed, chances are he will never pay through the nose, or pay too much money, for an object or service.

VOA: special.2009.09.13

The department,through its Cooperative State Research, Education and Extension Service, has been supporting a project in Michigan.That state has a short growing season.

VOA: special.2009.12.22

Today's summit is not lip service. We are not going through the motions, and pay tribute to one another, then furl up the flags then go our separate ways."

VOA: special.2009.11.13

Meanwhile,the Eurostar rail service linking London,Brussels and Paris is experiencing delays and cancellations through at least Sunday due to severe weather conditions.

VOA: standard.2010.01.10

According to Roman Vilfand, director of the Hydrometcenter weather forecast service, Moscow daytime temperatures through the weekend will continue to hit 34 degrees Celsius.

VOA: standard.2010.08.10

"Today's summit is not lip service. We are not going to go through the motions and pay tribute to one another and then furl up the flags and go our separate ways.

VOA: standard.2009.11.05

"The nation of Estonia was brutally attacked through cyber activity, where there was a directed denial of service through flooding that nation, which is very digitally advanced, with 5,000 e-mails a second,".

VOA: standard.2009.08.11

The threat,made on December 31 in a message posted on an extremist Internet Web site, prompted the Naval Criminal Investigative Service to elevate the risk for all U.S.military and commercial ships sailing through an area stretching from Somalia to the Persian Gulf.

VOA: standard.2010.01.07