"We're meeting with people from IOC members all the way down to volunteers, including USOC,VANOC, sponsors from the top level to the national level,to suppliers."

VOA: standard.2010.02.26

"This is a tragic thing," "We came into this crisis without the authority and the tools necessary to contain the damage to the American economy posedby the very severe pressures working through the financial system."

VOA: standard.2009.03.24

This temporarily blocks signals that pass through the nerves to the muscles of the body and back to the brain.

VOA: special.2009.01.06

The researchers will continue to study the mice to test whether the gene is related to other medical conditions.

VOA: special.2009.08.26

And the planner organizes all the details for the celebration, from the flowers to the food to the entertainment.

VOA: special.2010.08.09

Rahm Emanuel had to go through a legal fight all the way to the Illinois Supreme Court just to get on the ballot.

VOA: special.2011.04.25

The phrase to be left holding the bag is as widely used as the expression to let the cat out of the bag.

VOA: special.2009.01.25

The companies could then sell the land to get the money they needed to build the lines.

VOA: special.2009.04.23

The effort to stand carried me into the Martian air to the height of about one meter.

VOA: special.2010.07.10

During the year they return to the Pueblo to take part in the many ceremonies and dances that are held in the ancient plazas.

VOA: special.2010.07.05

"The power given to me will be used to hold,occupy, and possess the property and places belonging to the government, and to collect the taxes.

VOA: special.2009.07.30

The diver may put food in the water to get the animal to come close.

VOA: special.2009.06.16

Chantix works on nicotine receptors in the brain to reduce the urge to smoke.

VOA: special.2010.03.09

They wanted to seize the territory and Fort Union in an effort to find paths to the Pacific Ocean and to the gold fields of Colorado.

VOA: special.2009.03.30