Yet up at about five-thousand-four hundred meters the air pressure is only about half of what it is on the ground.

VOA: special.2011.04.06

As a result, one side of the fault area lifts, causing the pressure that has been building up inside to be released.

VOA: special.2009.07.07

Researchers say babies who are breastfed often grow up to have lower blood pressure and cholesterol as adults.

VOA: special.2010.08.04

Something was needed to raise up the spirits of the South to break the pressure of Union armies.

VOA: special.2009.10.22

Using different amounts of upward pressure the potter can build up the sides of a container.

VOA: special.2009.09.09

He said he was sorry for what he saw as political pressure by President Obama to force BP to set up a claims fund for victims.

VOA: special.2010.06.19

"There is no pressure. I have gone through pressure up to this time, so I need a cool head.

VOA: standard.2009.10.15

Brennan promised that the United States will keep up the pressure on terrorist havens worldwide, including those near the Afghan-Pakistani border.

VOA: standard.2009.08.06

Heavy rains and flooding in states up river in the past week, are exerting enormous pressure downstream.

VOA: standard.2010.05.09

Nabil Abu Rudeineh, the official spokesman and advisor to President Mahmoud Abbas, however,said Palestinian leaders want Mr.Obama to step up the pressure on Israel.

VOA: standard.2009.04.09

The Palestinians say they are hoping for an announcement that Washington will step up the pressure on Israel to halt construction in the settlements.

VOA: standard.2009.09.07

"I congratulate him for that, and we need to keep up the pressure on them."

VOA: standard.2009.06.23

"That pressure's got to go somewhere. It might be going back up the well bore,"

VOA: standard.2010.01.02

President Umaru Yar'Adua has come under pressure to step up his anti-graft drive in one of the world's most tainted countries since he came to power in 2007.

VOA: standard.2009.04.18

As new U.S.and U.N.economic sanctions are a response step up the pressure on Iran's economy, Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei is urging his countrymen to change their habits.

VOA: standard.2010.07.23

"The tires are larger than you would find on a HUMVEE, so the ground pressure, which is really what matters, isn't all that much different from an up-armored HUMVEE,"

VOA: standard.2009.11.02

And I am committed to working with President Calderon to promote the kind of bottom-up economic growth here in Mexico that will allow people , and as a consequence will relieve some of the pressure border,".

VOA: standard.2009.04.17

"And as Iran makes choices that seem to indicate that it is not at this stage ready and willing to take up the offers on the engagement track, then we will put greater emphasis on the pressure track.

VOA: standard.2009.11.30

The Spanish picked up the pressure in the second half, but were unable to find their way through the U.S.defense, which was bolstered by the return of captain Carlos Bocanegra, who was missing from first round matches with a hamstring injury.

VOA: standard.2009.06.24

"I think you are seeing Premier Wen, the prime minister, addressing not so much an American audience or President Obama, but addressing a very increasingly restive population that wants, or that appears to want, the Chinese leadership to stand up to international pressure."

VOA: standard.2010.03.23