Scheduling decisions made well before the tournament have forced some teams to travel long distances and play on short rest.

VOA: standard.2009.11.05

"Today,a new major threat is growing that could reach all our European allies well before it reaches the United States.

VOA: standard.2009.10.23

At Northwestern University, researchers recently concluded that well before babies start to speak, they recognize words and can link them to the things they represent.

VOA: standard.2010.05.05

AIG chief Liddy has asserted that bonuses the company paid were necessary to retain the best and brightest talent, an assertion he expressed directly to U.S.Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner in a letter, adding that bonus contracts with employees were finalized well before Congress approved financial bail out funds in late 2008.

VOA: standard.2009.03.17

General Myers spent four years as the top U.S.military officer, starting just weeks after the September 11 attacks in 2001, through the early successes in Afghanistan and Iraq and the beginning of the Iraqi insurgency, and ending in late 2005, just before the major outbreak of violence in Iraq and well before the resurgence of the Taliban in Afghanistan during the last two years.

VOA: standard.2009.10.16

And Smiley,before he thought,says, "Well,I'll risk my money she will not get well.'" And Smiley had a little small dog.

VOA: special.2009.08.29

The leaders of ExxonMobil,Shell, ConocoPhillips and Chevron, as well as BP America, testified before a House of Representatives committee Tuesday.

VOA: standard.2010.06.15

It's the contrast between stress and no stress. The question becomes, well,how much stress do you need to have before you lower the stress?,".

VOA: standard.2009.04.17

But she stresses that the Afghan government needs a combination of international and public support for health advancements before the overall well-being of women in the country can show real progress.

VOA: standard.2010.03.07

"I am very much pleased that Afghan leadership, President Karzai, has agreed to respect the result of this Independent Election Commission, as well as Electoral Complaint Commission, as has been agreed before and in accordance with the constitutional process,".

VOA: standard.2009.10.20

Preliminary phase one tests of this new type of flu vaccine have already started in humans, but in an interview, Nabel said that even if all goes well, it will still be years before a universal flu vaccine is widely available.

VOA: standard.2010.07.21