If the United States or Afghanistan start talks with the Taliban, it will be better,"

VOA: standard.2009.11.09

This year,when you have two-thirds being pessimistic about American foreign policy, you have a larger percentage saying maybe it will be better if Iran has nuclear weapons."

VOA: standard.2010.08.06

VOA's Bart Childs is in Port-au-Prince: "There is a thought that if people return to a simpler life, a farming life,a village life, life will be better for them,".

VOA: standard.2010.01.21

"But I hope people will equally understand that it will be better to get the decision right rather than rushing into something that will not stand the test of time."

VOA: standard.2010.05.10

"So it is a broad scenario, it allows our soldiers to work together, and what we call basic blocking and tackling, and if the eventuality comes where we have to work together with India,with Thailand, with the other nations in the region we work with, we will be better prepared to work as partners together,".

VOA: standard.2009.10.26

Stephen Thode at Lehigh University in Pennsylvania says progress in the housing market will be limited until the job market gets better.

VOA: special.2009.12.18

The mystic chords of memory, stretching from every battlefield and patriot grave to every living heart and hearthstone all over this broad land, will yet swell the chorus of the Union, when again touched, as surely they will be, by the better angels of our nature."

VOA: special.2009.01.19

"I wish I could give you the good answer, 'Yes,tomorrow will be a better day',"

VOA: standard.2009.12.20

"What I have seen here, South Africa can give much better, because it is a larger scale and everyone will be looking at South Africa.

VOA: standard.2009.10.12

They acknowledge they will not be able to prevent similar practices in the future, but they are hopeful their study will promote changes for the better.

VOA: standard.2009.03.21

Eikenberry said part of the effort during the next 18 months will be to boost Afghanistan's economy so that Afghans are better able to fund their own troops.

VOA: standard.2009.12.09

Researchers hope the study will be a call to action for local authorities and international actors to work together to better assist victims and fight violence against children.

VOA: standard.2010.06.29

Helping breeders quickly develop better varieties of all these crops will be crucial as the world population tops 9 billion by 2050 in the face of a changing climate.

VOA: standard.2010.02.01

Still,Mr.Obama's critics say his trip to China will be a test of whether the U.S and China can develop better ties, and whether American acquiescence on some issues will produce concrete results on others.

VOA: standard.2009.11.10

Not only will we do a better job of treating patients, but,we will be helping to prevent the potential spread of resistance to artemisinins, our most important class of medicines for treating malaria."

VOA: standard.2010.03.09

"This will be the subject of a full investigation. If there is any evidence that any government agency could have or should have done better, we will certainly be taking all relevant action to address that,"

VOA: standard.2009.03.13