To reduce costs, G.M.plans to close more factories and cut more jobs by the end of two thousand eleven.

VOA: special.2009.06.05

But the closeness of their friendship might be seen best in a story told by one of Roosevelt's close advisers, Harry Hopkins.

VOA: special.2011.07.07

"In the U.S.,for instance, some researchers have projected that there may be a shortage of close to a million nurses by two thousand twenty."

VOA: special.2010.06.07

We close our program with music from a record called "Canyon Lullaby" written by Paul Winter.

VOA: special.2009.10.07

The government agreed to close a road used by whites to cross the hunting grounds.

VOA: special.2010.04.01

David Harrison and Gregory Anderson of Living Tongues say that many endangered languages are spoken by native cultures in close contact with the natural world.

VOA: special.2009.12.02

The bill was passed by close votes in the House and Senate.

VOA: special.2009.02.05

General Motors, once the world's biggest automaker, also plans to close about 2,500 dealerships by the end of next year.

VOA: standard.2009.06.04

President Obama has long promised to close Guantanamo, where 241 suspected terrorists are held, by January,2010.

VOA: standard.2009.05.09

human rights investigators applaud moves made by President Barack Obama in pledging to close Guantanamo Bay and stopping the practice of torture and extraordinary rendition.

VOA: standard.2009.03.21

But the head of the rescue services blamed shoddy building for the disaster, saying too many houses had been built too close to rivers and the seafront in an area hit by landslides two years ago.

VOA: standard.2009.10.10

But there has been growing criticism, particularly from congressional Republicans, that Mr.Obama should have established a plan for what to do with the detainees at Guantanamo before announcing his decision to close the facility by January 2010.

VOA: standard.2009.05.20