A new study says the weight they gain may increase their diabetes risk in the short term.

VOA: special.2010.01.13

The scientists say that in the short term, studies based on the new genome may help explain why the pathogen has been so aggressive.

VOA: special.2009.10.20

"In the short term, we expect these projects to create about 5,000 construction and installation jobs around the country."

VOA: standard.2010.07.02

"I think what the Cuban people really want,in the short term, and within the realm of reason, is to live better."

VOA: standard.2010.07.13

"But it certainly doesn't hurt. I think it makes people regard him with more respect, at least in the short term,".

VOA: standard.2009.10.09

In the short term, most analysts believe the grassroots energy coming from the Tea Party activists will help Republican candidates in November.

VOA: standard.2010.05.04

"Let's hope that that is a short term, temporary situation and that BP will revert to paying their dividends out in full."

VOA: standard.2010.06.18

"What's on the table so far is quite limited and quite short term, when it needs to be large and long term,".

VOA: standard.2009.12.11

He says in the short term, the most effective way to combat piracy is with military force.

VOA: standard.2009.10.30

In the short term, analyst David Gergen believes the outbursts at the town hall meetings have put the Obama administration on the defensive.

VOA: standard.2009.08.17

He points to analysis by the U.S. Department of Agriculture that calculates the proposed law would reduce farmers' incomes by about 1 percent in the short term, and about seven percent over coming decades.

VOA: standard.2009.12.12

According to Dr.David Crumpacker, a Texas psychiatrist who specializes in the illness, He adds people should know more about the disease so they can recognize its early symptoms "It maybe short term memory problems.

VOA: standard.2009.12.04

People find that health insurance plans are often more willing to pay for short-term therapies than for longer-term treatments.

VOA: special.2010.04.13

The group's recent "State of the Air" report said Pittsburgh has the worst short-term fine particle pollution in the country.

VOA: special.2009.07.13