He says many,if not all, of the top American colleges once had a core curriculum a set of courses required for all students.

VOA: special.2009.10.22

"All who embrace core democratic values long for a Cuba that respects the basic human, political and economic rights of all of its citizens.

VOA: standard.2009.04.13

And a large part of it is because I think the rural areas are still culturally closer to the core of our society, and the fabric,".

VOA: standard.2009.09.19

Our interests in Afghanistan are quite limited. The president emphasized that the core interest is to prevent Afghanistan from once again becoming a platform for the launching of terrorist attacks.

VOA: standard.2009.03.27

Henderson,appearing on NBC, said General Motors is building a plan around four core brands and hopes to improve the quality of its vehicles to regain the confidence of the American consumer.

VOA: standard.2009.04.05

Clinton says preventing the exploitation and marginalization of girls is no longer an afterthought but a core foreign policy objective of the United States, which is co-sponsoring a Security Council resolution on the issue next week.

VOA: standard.2009.09.25

We realized we had to push certain boundaries and there were a few weeks there that were,I have to say, some of the most hard-core filming experiences I have ever had and it was pretty intense."

VOA: standard.2010.02.27

"However,what Egypt did undermine, to an extent,especially in the last two years, has been to combine its legitimate defense of national security concerns with a wider appeal to Arab interests and Palestinian interests at the core of them,".

VOA: standard.2009.11.03