"I'm all about words. And when it comes to words, poetry is at the top of my list.

VOA: special.2009.10.12

There should be about one centimeter of space between the soil and the top of the container.

VOA: special.2010.10.12

This year,more than one hundred thirty thousand people gathered on the National Mall to hear top writers and poets talk about their work.

VOA: special.2009.10.12

From the bottom of the valley to the top of El Cap is about 1100 meters.

VOA: special.2009.01.07

Experts say it can take about 3 days to climb to the top of El Cap.

VOA: special.2009.01.07

Yet a study released Thursday said men still hold about nine out of every ten top positions at the four hundred largest companies in California.

VOA: special.2009.11.20

So if you thought about fiddle records, we would have one of the great fiddle records that would make it into the top ten or top banjo record.

VOA: special.2010.04.19

The National Park Headquarters is about two kilometers from the top.

VOA: special.2010.09.08

In Washington March 11, U.S.Senate lawmakers heard testimony about the problem from top law enforcement officials.

VOA: standard.2010.03.11

Unofficial tallies indicate Mr.Karzai leads with about If his lead falls below 50 percent, he could face top challenger Abdullah Abdullah in a runoff.

VOA: standard.2009.10.07

He relates a conversation with the former Soviet leader's closest advisor, Alexander Yakovlev, about how top Kremlin officials came to view the system as permanently flawed."

VOA: standard.2009.11.03

The top U.S.envoy to Pakistan and Afghanistan,Richard Holbrooke, was very public about his concerns regarding the possible influx of Islamic fighters into Pakistan during a visit to Islamabad last month.

VOA: standard.2009.07.04

While the top-level process is continuing, Washington is consumed with a debate about whether the president should send more troops as the commanders want or take the air power and high technology route.

VOA: standard.2009.10.06

In 2007,expenditures on health care totaled about one-sixth of the entire U.S.economy, and even top congressional leaders acknowledge that attempting to rein in health-care costs while at the same time expanding health-insurance coverage is a daunting task.

VOA: standard.2009.07.31

"When there are people that we know who have been involved with Noordin (Top), or have been involved in violence, who have served their sentences and who are about to get released, and who have been visited regularly by fellow prisoners who have been released, you would think it would trigger something that these people are high risks, so there should be a way of designating some kind of special category for more intensive monitoring."

VOA: standard.2010.03.24