"The blunt reality is that there will be dwindling appetite and patience in the US Congress -- and in the American body politic writ large -- to expend increasingly precious funds on behalf of nations that are apparently unwilling to devote the necessary resources or make the necessary changes to be serious and capable partners in their own defense."

VOA: special.2011.06.11

And the world's insatiable appetite is depleting the planet's fisheries and using up land and fresh water at an alarming rate.

VOA: standard.2010.06.04

"Naturally,when the risk appetite has come back, and the risk aversion has disappeared, India is getting a better share of investment,".

VOA: standard.2009.10.16

But Security Council members Russia and China have shown little appetite for another round of sanctions.

VOA: standard.2009.10.19

Mr.Obama has noted that the United States must reduce its appetite for illegal drugs.

VOA: standard.2009.04.12

The study focuses on leptin, a hormone that helps control appetite.

VOA: standard.2009.12.30

(Speaking) Mikhail Khodorkovsky, the imprisoned Kremlin critic and former head of the Yukos Oil Company, in a recent op-ed column, said Russia's demand for skills in fundamental and applied sciences is declining in light of the appetite for raw materials and corruption.

VOA: standard.2010.02.03

"If we get to the summer of 2011 and people do not feel that we have made real progress, then I do not think there is an appetite here - or an appetite in the U.S.- to say, 'Well let us have another go and another go.'

VOA: standard.2010.08.04