"One of the biggest differences I see between Western and Chinese parents is that Chinese parents assume strength rather than fragility."

VOA: special.2011.02.17

A short time later,John Carter, the Princess and their friend, the green Martian woman Sola, attempt to escape rather than face death.

VOA: special.2010.07.31

He also said: "We do not need presidents who are bigger than the country, but rather ones who speak for it and support it."

VOA: special.2009.08.30

It makes sense for people to sing rather than say these words, because the emotions are so huge, the conflicts are so large and so real."

VOA: special.2010.06.11

And the other would accept war, rather than let it die.

VOA: special.2009.12.10

On supporting local leadership and ideas, rather than imposing our own."

VOA: special.2010.05.10

"Rather than try to bring a lot of infrastructure to them and expect them to learn how to use the Internet, the idea was to make a technology that even Grandma could use, figuring that Grandma could probably walk up to a box and push a button."

VOA: special.2009.10.12

And the crumbs, rather than being like dense and mushy like white bread, it was this open-celled, almost honey-combed crumb.

VOA: standard.2010.07.16

Analysts say defense spending is changing along with strategies - with an emphasis on intelligence and deterrence rather than on combat.

VOA: standard.2010.07.23

"We also feel that former child soldiers should be given assistance and be quickly reunited with their families rather than kept in detention."

VOA: standard.2009.09.16

That is the way that fault operates as well." In other cases, the plates may move up and down, rather than from side to side.

VOA: standard.2010.01.13

He adds that,unfortunately, post-Soviet countries, including Russia and Ukraine, have also preserved the Soviet system in which historians are funded by the state, rather than private foundations.

VOA: standard.2009.12.25

For example, Hooks' parents always insisted that whites address them as Mr.and Mrs.Hooks, rather than by their first names, as was the custom when whites spoke to blacks.

VOA: standard.2010.04.16

That Obama will listen to his allies and act in cooperation with them, rather than listen to them and go ahead and do what he wants to do anyway."

VOA: standard.2009.03.29