The much-criticized electoral commission chairman Maurice Iwu blames a desperate political class motivated largely by a desire to enjoy the profits of office for Nigeria's electoral problems.

VOA: standard.2009.08.22

I have a lot to learn,". A senior U.S.official who attended the meeting said Mr.Obama expressed a desire to work with UNASUR nations to confront economic, environmental,and energy challenges.

VOA: standard.2009.04.18

He had a strong desire to control every element of the production and marketing of his films.

VOA: special.2009.05.31

That desire to live forever in a record book may not seem very surprising.

VOA: special.2011.05.16

"Well,when you see the device, what comes to mind immediately is that you have a whole lot of desire but not a whole lot of technical ability."

VOA: special.2010.05.08

The word "wanderlust" means a strong desire to travel.

VOA: special.2010.01.30

He had a strong desire to help children.

VOA: special.2010.05.02

We quickly learned that we had overestimated everything: the ability of our vehicle, the distance we could travel in a day, the amount of money we needed and our desire to be away from home.

VOA: special.2010.01.30

The desire to woo Western audiences got a boost after the runaway success of the Oscar-winning film Slumdog Millionaire.

VOA: standard.2010.07.22

"Well,when you see the device, what comes to mind is that you have a whole lot of desire but not a whole lot of technical ability."

VOA: standard.2010.05.05

Retired Indian army Major General Dipankar Banerjee, dismisses worries of a potential coup and Indian re-intervention, but says Fonseka may desire to use the latter possibility for political currency.

VOA: standard.2009.11.14

The film was a British production, which used Bollywood talent and was shot in the slums of Mumbai fueled the desire among Bollywood production houses to make a similar hit.

VOA: standard.2010.07.22

There are all sorts of security problems. And then there are problems that we in the West would perhaps regard as a little less legitimate, like the simple desire of authoritarian governments to keep tabs on what their people are thinking and doing.

VOA: standard.2010.08.11

Nesterenko says if there is persistence, political will, and genuine desire to make a qualitative move away from the level of relations that characterized recent years and away from the standstill that affected the bilateral agenda, then a new treaty is entirely within reach.

VOA: standard.2009.04.02