On average,those who were larger around the middle were more likely to have migraines than those of the same age with smaller waistlines.

VOA: special.2009.03.18

With such a vehicle, astronauts could explore a much larger area of the moon's surface.

VOA: special.2009.07.29

Soon after, Hubble began working with a larger and more powerful telescope at Mount Wilson.

VOA: special.2009.04.29

He made a fire, beginning with small pieces of wood and adding larger ones.

VOA: special.2010.05.01

Commanding officers ordered the Marines to replace it with a much larger one.

VOA: special.2010.05.31

Nevertheless,I forged ahead, and with each step the tunnel grew larger, and I felt as though I was wandering into the very core of the Guadalupe Mountains."

VOA: special.2011.04.11

It swells, or grows larger, and loses its connection with the nerve fibers.

VOA: special.2009.01.06

One month later, a larger Sputnik was launched with a dog inside.

VOA: special.2009.06.10

It is part of a larger investigation aimed at trying to identify those individuals he was in contact with.

VOA: standard.2009.12.27

"Oh yes,because he likes dealing with the larger issues and tying things together and, yes,you definitely see that in him,"

VOA: standard.2010.01.16

In addition to familiarizing craft workers with their buyers, the IOM helps them reach a larger market.

VOA: standard.2010.04.14

We write prescriptions." For years,nurse practitioners have been playing a larger role in the nation's health care, especially in regions with few doctors.

VOA: standard.2010.05.14

India,along with China, has been lobbying for larger representation in the IMF, and has promised to augment its resources for lending to developing countries.

VOA: standard.2009.11.06

With a larger pool of workers comes higher unemployment when the economy continues to shed jobs.

VOA: standard.2009.06.07

U.S.officials pressed for rules requiring banks to keep larger reserves to cope with bad loans.

VOA: standard.2009.09.25

But the Afghans often have their own way of doing things. And that sometimes conflicts with U.S.-led efforts to forge a larger, more independent Afghan security force.

VOA: standard.2009.12.13

How do you rebalance that divide? And,on a larger level, how do you close the gap between the developing economies of APEC with the developed economies of APEC."

VOA: standard.2009.11.08

Opponents say the deal with make it easy for the far larger U.S.economy to overwhelm entire sectors of the South Korean economy, especially in the culturally sensitive agriculture sector.

VOA: standard.2009.04.22

"And so it's possible that the effects that we have reported may be a conservative estimate, and that the odds of survival associated with high-quality relationships may actually be larger."

VOA: standard.2010.07.29

We can't keep shifting a growing burden to future generations. With each passing year, health care costs consume a larger share of our nation's spending, and contribute to yawning deficits that we cannot control,".

VOA: standard.2009.06.13

"Senator Mitchell and the president are deeply engaged with the Israelis and the Palestinians in trying to address the larger issues of peace and security and to create a long-term solution to the range of problems there.

VOA: standard.2009.10.03