A new study suggests that venture capitalists rarely consider the business plan when deciding whether to invest in a new company.

VOA: special.2009.06.26

And they will study whether it is involving in controlling sleep quantity alone, or also what scientists call the "wakefulness-behavioral drive."

VOA: special.2009.08.26

Genes direct the making of proteins which do much of the work in building an organism, whether a person or a potato.

VOA: special.2009.11.03

The two time periods tested whether people were more likely to act differently in the short term than in the long term.

VOA: special.2009.03.03

Sometimes a difference in spelling can identify whether the person with the name is male or female.

VOA: special.2009.07.06

He says the team will now study whether female partners of the men in the study experienced any reduction of risk of the diseases.

VOA: special.2009.04.01

He said territorial governments should be formed in the other parts of the western territories, with no immediate decision on whether slavery would be permitted.

VOA: special.2009.03.19

Ted Kennedy asked voters in Massachusetts whether he should resign from the Senate.

VOA: special.2009.09.13

And the king would take pleasure in watching the series of events, which would judge whether or not the man had done wrong in loving the princess.

VOA: special.2009.04.18

"I believe it is not only possible, but in fact easier to do this without deciding the legal question of whether these states have ever been out of the Union.

VOA: special.2009.12.31

Here is some of the Gettysburg Address: "Now we are engaged in a great civil war, testing whether that nation,or any nation so conceived and so dedicated, can long endure.

VOA: special.2009.02.06

The economic recession is also affecting Diwali buying, jewelers say in general the pieces are smaller, whether gold, platinum or diamonds.

VOA: standard.2009.10.17

"An empowered group of ministers has been set up to study whether any changes in the law are necessary.

VOA: standard.2010.06.10

President Obama says he will take his time in deciding whether to deploy more troops for the Afghan war.

VOA: standard.2009.09.16