They will be decreasing in size and frequency, but at this point they're still large enough to be of concern in hampering the rescue efforts."

VOA: standard.2010.01.13

On a related issue, spokesman Rupert Colville says the situation of one-quarter of a million displaced Tamils living in internment camps continues to be of great concern.

VOA: standard.2009.10.25

She says the products still need polishing to be of export quality, but the women are ambitious and continue to display their own designs with pride and energy.

VOA: standard.2010.04.14

The famous former basketball player Michael Jordan is considered to be one of the best "slam dunkers" of all time.

VOA: special.2011.03.25

Another report showed that the Social Security trust fund is expected to be out of money by two thousand thirty-seven.

VOA: special.2009.05.15

"So when I came out of the Army, I had already decided I wanted to be part of breaking down segregation.

VOA: special.2010.04.24

Then a senator from Delaware agreed to be chairman of a special committee on the question of slavery in the new territories.

VOA: special.2009.02.26

The young policeman thought anyone who claimed to be the emperor of the United State might be a danger to the public.

VOA: special.2009.12.14

The convention named former United States Senator Jefferson Davis to be president of the Confederate States of America.

VOA: special.2009.07.23

Yet,Joshua Abraham Norton declared himself to be Emperor of the United States on September seventeenth, eighteen fifty-nine.

VOA: special.2009.12.14

It is something to be proud of. Most of the people I work with are early birds.

VOA: special.2010.06.13

In Washington, President Pierce announced the appointment of Andrew Reeder to be governor of the Kansas territory.

VOA: special.2009.04.30

Corporations are willing to pay a lot of money to be corporate sponsors of these teams.

VOA: special.2010.07.26

One of the people we met happened to be the wife of a newly elected senator.

VOA: special.2009.12.28