There was a time when many clowns were washed-up rodeo competitors, slowed by age, injury or overuse of alcohol.

VOA: standard.2010.01.25

MCC Director Irene Paxia grew up in Italy, and knows first-hand how language barriers can waste precious time in emergencies.

VOA: standard.2010.07.22

Chinese tires make up and most are lower-end tires that retailers may have a hard time buying elsewhere.

VOA: standard.2009.09.14

Clean-up crews worked over the July 4th holiday weekend, usually a time when tourists go to the beach.

VOA: standard.2010.07.05

"Time is up," "Over the next two weeks, governments have to deliver a strong and long-term response to the challenges of climate change."

VOA: standard.2009.12.06

When completed in several months time, the Mombasa port will join some 20 others in the world participating in the so-called Megaports Initiative set up by the U.S.government in 2003.

VOA: standard.2009.05.01

America's true unemployment rate may, in fact,be higher than the number provided by the Labor Department, which does not include people who searched for work in vain and have given up, or those who settled for part-time work.

VOA: standard.2009.07.02