More than seventy-five percent of students choose to print their essay on the test rather than write in cursive.

VOA: special.2009.10.29

Experts at the Census Bureau estimate that more than sixty percent of Hispanic growth was from "natural increase" rather than migration.

VOA: special.2011.06.13

"One of the biggest differences I see between Western and Chinese parents is that Chinese parents assume strength rather than fragility."

VOA: special.2011.02.17

A short time later,John Carter, the Princess and their friend, the green Martian woman Sola, attempt to escape rather than face death.

VOA: special.2010.07.31

There was a new effort to build wealth from the bottom up, rather than from the top down.

VOA: special.2011.03.24

People could now see battlefield deaths as captured by a camera rather than an artist's pen or paintbrush.

VOA: special.2009.03.16

But,in his words, "A smart entrepreneur should spend his time developing the business rather than the business plan."

VOA: special.2009.06.26

The idea is for NASA to buy services for space transportation, rather than spacecraft with existing designs.

VOA: special.2010.04.28

The bride may buy a used gown rather than paying thousands of dollars for a new one.

VOA: special.2010.08.09

He also said: "We do not need presidents who are bigger than the country, but rather ones who speak for it and support it."

VOA: special.2009.08.30

I think it's still possible for us to stamp out al- Qaida, to make sure that extremism is not expanding but rather is contracting.

VOA: special.2009.02.21

"We initially were rather concerned as how our parents would react, as we came from different religions, different backgrounds, two different parts of the planet.

VOA: special.2011.05.09

He says there are some situations where people should get examined sooner rather than later.

VOA: special.2009.09.02

"Rather than a failure to collect or share intelligence," he said, "this was a failure to connect and understand the intelligence that we already had."

VOA: special.2010.01.09