"We have put ourselves onto a timeline. We are working it through with the Japanese but if they do not come at this agreement to zero, we will initiate that action."

VOA: standard.2010.02.20

That force is scheduled to be reduced from nearly by next October,and to zero by the end of 2011, although Secretary Gates said Friday there could be a follow-on agreement for some U.S.troops to stay, particularly elements of the Air Force.

VOA: standard.2009.12.12

At sixty degrees below zero, a man with wet feet must not fail in his first attempt to build a fire.

VOA: special.2010.05.01

"This is ground zero for the nation." Democrats in the state Senate fled to the neighboring Midwestern state of Illinois.

VOA: special.2011.02.25

"When solar panels supply both hot water and space heating, the goal of zero emissions begins to look achievable."

VOA: special.2009.03.25

The poems can be no longer than three minutes and are rated from zero to ten, ten being the best score possible.

VOA: special.2009.04.27

The Federal Reserve suggested again that short-term interest rates are likely to remain near zero for some time.

VOA: special.2009.01.31

And it can go from zero to ninety-five kilometers an hour in just two and one half seconds.

VOA: special.2009.11.03

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VOA: special.2009.03.10

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VOA: special.2009.10.16

Randi Weingarten of the American Federation of Teachers said the plan appears to place all the responsibility on teachers, but gives them "zero percent authority."

VOA: special.2010.03.18

HeLa cells have gone to the moon to test the effect of zero gravity.

VOA: special.2010.07.21

Some fruits and vegetables must be stored at zero to four degrees Celsius.

VOA: special.2009.11.30