For years,people have wondered whether they are safe from germs when they travel in small,enclosed areas.

VOA: special.2009.07.14

When the people gathered together on one of the great trial days, they never knew whether they would see a bloody killing or a happy ending.

VOA: special.2009.04.18

As Lincoln got on the train that would take him to Washington, he said: "I now leave, not knowing when -- or whether ever I may return.

VOA: special.2009.07.23

When asked whether the Congressional Budget Office deficit projections will force Democrats to scale back these and other goals, Pelosi responded.

VOA: standard.2009.03.24

Whether impression or fact, Haitian President Rene Preval raised the issue when he came to Washington last month.

VOA: standard.2010.04.29

Interviewed on the BBC, Mr.Major refused to be drawn on whether he thought that Mr.Blair deliberately misled the country when he took Britain to war.

VOA: standard.2010.01.02

Whether such an agreement is negotiated will only be known when the world's leaders convene in Copenhagen for the United Nations climate change summit early next month.

VOA: standard.2009.11.27

"Doc told an interviewer once, 'Whether I'm playing for myself or for an enthusiastic audience, I can get the same emotions I had when Dad got me that first guitar.'

VOA: standard.2010.06.07

How that wood is grown and whether it was harvested legally have become crucial questions since 2008, when the U.S.Congress amended a century-old piece of environmental law known as the Lacey Act.

VOA: standard.2010.05.28

"We concluded that health care insurance plays a huge role in determining whether or not patients are able to come to the hospital promptly enough when they have symptoms of a heart attack."

VOA: standard.2010.04.18

"When you can't say for sure whether all the women in the advance provision group actually used the medication, then you're kind of looking at population level effect of a strategy, not the individual effect of a medication."

VOA: standard.2010.03.22

Speaking via Skype,she says no. "I think further studies will be necessary to show whether the differences we've demonstrated depending on delivery mode of babies when they first emerge into the world actually carry over time, and whether those differences might contribute to health outcomes."

VOA: standard.2010.06.30

But the evening really kicks into high gear after the scientist's presentation ends, when the audience gets to start the conversation: "Is it still a question as to whether there is a lot more plant diversity in the Andes versus the Amazon?"

VOA: standard.2010.05.04