This means that you can rise above your problems if you have a goal and work very hard.

VOA: special.2009.03.01

This is because oil well fires are extinguished,or put out, at the wellhead just above ground.

VOA: special.2009.03.22

It was enough to be in the presence of this great anchor I so admired, and to realize he was not above having a beer at the end of a very long broadcast with low-level support people.

VOA: special.2009.08.16

The overall theme of this year's parade is "2010: a Cut Above the Rest,"

VOA: standard.2009.12.30

It wasn't just the beauty of the polished stone block walls or the fact that this abandoned city sits atop a narrow ridge more than 2400 meters above sea level.

VOA: standard.2009.12.15

"I think that the reaction to this disaster was very quiet and peaceful, and people wanted to mourn the dead above their political views and how they evaluated the President and his party."

VOA: standard.2010.04.12

"But above all,your visit at this pivotal moment in history speaks to the opportunity before us to build the relationship between our nations born in the last century into one of the defining partnerships of the 21st century,"

VOA: standard.2009.11.25