By 1989,at age 33, he'd achieved that goal, becoming the first person to walk to both the North and South Poles.

VOA: standard.2009.12.10

Pakistan's military has achieved a measure of success against Taliban militants in the Swat Valley and taken control of its main town,Mingora.

VOA: standard.2009.06.18

"We have achieved much since 9/11. in terms of collecting information that relates to terrorists and terrorist attacks.

VOA: standard.2009.12.29

"We celebrate with you today, with a full understanding of what you have achieved and we are filled with joy in your success.

VOA: standard.2010.06.05

by the Obama administration has achieved more than eight years of bellicose posturing and 15 years of sanctions and 30 years without dialogue.

VOA: standard.2009.10.28

"And we welcome the progress we achieved to provide a more level playing field for American firms exporting to China and operating in China."

VOA: standard.2010.05.25

Blair achieved her six - five of them gold - in the 1988,1992 and 1994 Olympics.

VOA: standard.2010.02.23

President Sarkozy said the fact that France and Germany, once such bitter enemies, were co-hosting this anniversary summit is testimony to what NATO has achieved.

VOA: standard.2009.04.04

No other act had topped both charts since 1983, when Kenny Rogers and Dolly Parton achieved that feat with their duet, "Islands In The Stream."

VOA: standard.2010.04.30

"I want to say that we feel that Obama has achieved a lot for his country and for the world and he deserves what has been granted to him.

VOA: standard.2009.10.09

At a midday news conference Tuesday, Moir held up his gold medal and said that without the Own the Podium financial support, he could not have achieved his Olympic dream.

VOA: standard.2010.02.23

Meanwhile on a trip to Chile, British Prime Minister Gordon Brown said it is easy to be cynical about the summit, but he remains optimistic a meaningful outcome can and must be achieved.

VOA: standard.2009.03.29

He also repeated pledges that health care reform can be achieved without adding to the federal deficit, saying savings will be achieved by eliminating hundreds of billions of dollars in waste and abuse.

VOA: standard.2009.09.10

The new government has promised an emergency budget within 50 days and has already said it will cut spending by nearly New Prime Minister David Cameron says savings can be achieved by getting rid of inefficiencies.

VOA: standard.2010.05.13

"We give them a huge market here, and on top of that if cars can be exported, there are great economies of scale, achieved in Thailand for example something that could not be where the domestic market is really small."

VOA: standard.2009.09.25

White House officials are sticking to a prediction they say is based on conversations with congressional Democratic leaders, that a vote in the House of Representatives can be achieved before the president's scheduled departure March 18 on a trip to Guam, Indonesia and Australia.

VOA: standard.2010.03.10

"It actually happened to me yesterday, I was at a job fair, that was the first thing out of the recruiter's mouth: 'oh,you have such an impressive resume,'" "And I don't want to dummy myself down so I put exactly what I have done and what I have achieved and what my titles were.

VOA: standard.2010.07.28

Democrat Carolyn Maloney asked him about economist's predictions that it would take the country to full employment: "Assuming that jobs are created at 2.8 million jobs per year, the best job creation of any administration, and this was achieved by former President Clinton, how long would you expect it to take us to get back to full employment?" "Well,without offering an opinion on that 10.7 million jobs, at that rate though, it would be about three years."

VOA: standard.2009.12.05

Peter Pham, Associate Professor of Justice Studies, Political Science and Africana Studies at James Madison University, says conditions in Somalia threaten security and stability of the Horn of Africa: "Even without toppling the TFG, al-Shabaab has already achieved a major objective by securing a territorial base from which like-minded militants and terrorists can carry out attacks elsewhere, especially against targets in the Arabian Peninsula as well as participating in the current violence against Somalis,".

VOA: standard.2009.06.26