The experts say individual progress and not a set time period should always guide a decision to return to play.

VOA: special.2009.10.28

He set a time limit for withdrawal of most American troops from Iraq, while increasing the number of troops in Afghanistan.

VOA: special.2009.05.02

And he did it faster than the world record time Phelps set last year at the Beijing Olympics.

VOA: special.2009.08.01

But around the world,he says, there is a subculture of people who spend a great deal of time trying to set or break records.

VOA: special.2011.05.16

Congress set a time limit of seven years for the states to approve it.

VOA: special.2009.10.18

This translates into an 87 percent cure rate, which,for the first time, exceeds the 85 percent global target set in 1991.

VOA: standard.2009.12.09

Friday marks the first time in nearly two years that North Korean officials have set foot in South Korea.

VOA: standard.2009.08.21

this is a normal procedure,". "The law does not set out a time limit for remand.

VOA: standard.2009.05.25

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

The two presidents met for the first time on the sidelines of the G-20 economic conference in London in early April and set in motion what Clinton says is an effort to raise the frequently contentious U.S.-Russian relationship to a higher level.

VOA: standard.2009.05.07

They really,I think, represented us very well." Among the American highlights - alpine skier Bode Miller, a two-time overall World Cup champion, ended the frustration of being shut out in the last Olympics by winning a set of medals, a gold,silver and bronze.

VOA: standard.2010.03.01