But the risk rises to one in every 40 people among those who have a close family member with the disease.

VOA: special.2009.01.06

It can also cause flooding. Wind speeds in a category two hurricane can reach close to one hundred eighty kilometers an hour.

VOA: special.2010.08.24

The first Seven Mile Bridge was replaced in nineteen-eighty-two, but you can still see the old bridge, close to the new one.

VOA: special.2010.03.22

At one point he came so close to running out of gas he considered using his parachute.

VOA: special.2011.04.27

As they got close to the area, one man stood in the street blocking their way.

VOA: special.2009.12.14

You hold your cards close to you so no one can see what you have.

VOA: special.2009.11.22

One night,Doctor Close was on a plane, returning from a visit to the United States.

VOA: special.2009.02.23

In the close to forty years since, no one has set foot on the moon.

VOA: special.2010.04.28

Men now make close to one-fifth of the complaints.

VOA: special.2010.08.13

Close one hand to form a ball.

VOA: special.2009.08.11

Close to 40 years after his death, Louis Armstrong remains one of the most popular figures in jazz.

VOA: standard.2009.12.25

It is one of 789 Chrysler franchises nationwide being forced to close by June 9 because of a restructuring plan aimed to cut costs.

VOA: standard.2009.06.04

For serious action fans, this convention is as close as some will get to meeting their real-life super heroes - or just acting like one.

VOA: standard.2010.07.23

"I think that,because it looks like the top four parties are going to be relatively close to one another, it is going to require a significant amount of political maneuvering, brokering deals, a lot of horse-trading behind closed doors to form a government.

VOA: standard.2010.03.12

Forward LeBron James, built his reputation as one of the top players in the National Basketball Association playing for the Cleveland Cavaliers - the team that first drafted him in 2003 and one that is close to his hometown of Akron,Ohio.

VOA: standard.2010.07.08

"There were some problems with some tactics, techniques and procedures, the way in which close air support was supposed to have been executed in this case, such that, at least with one of the aircraft involved, a B-1 bomber, that plane because of how it takes its bombing routes had to break away from positive I.D.

VOA: standard.2009.06.08