Some writers believe that the phrase would soon have disappeared were it not for the American Civil War.

VOA: special.2009.02.22

By some estimates, banks have at least one trillion dollars in losses that they have not yet reported.

VOA: special.2009.01.30

Some American citizens live in places that do not have a star on the flag.

VOA: special.2010.04.02

Most do not spread malaria. Some of the insects have disease-fighting systems that kill Plasmodium.

VOA: special.2009.12.22

Most do not spread malaria. Some have immune systems that kill Plasmodium.

VOA: special.2009.12.07

"I just want to have some rules in place so that when these guys make dumb decisions, you do not end up having to foot the bill.

VOA: standard.2010.01.22

But Howells acknowledged the government cannot guarantee that some of the terror suspects picked up and held in other countries did not have their human rights abused.

VOA: standard.2009.08.10

And so while there are signs that some of the things that the president is doing are starting to have effect, these problems did not get made overnight.

VOA: standard.2009.03.15

"Frankly,some of the first things that have happened subsequent to his extension of that open arm,open hand, have not been very encouraging, in terms of statements coming out of Tehran,".

VOA: standard.2009.05.05

But recent statements by House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer have led some political observers to suggest that the White House and congressional Democrats may not be operating on the same timeline.

VOA: standard.2010.03.10

Some farmers who are not in the program have begun adopting organic farming techniques in hopes of joining small organic cooperatives that are beginning to negotiate long-term contracts with European organic and fair-trade wholesalers.

VOA: standard.2010.04.11

"They remain treated as temporary migrants and, without that piece of paper, some form of identification, they are not able to access many of these government schemes that exist now, that have large funds behind them and could actually make a huge difference in poor people's lives,"

VOA: standard.2009.09.24