"And that is why I will accept this award - as a call to action, a call for all nations to confront the common challenges of the 21st century,"

VOA: standard.2009.12.10

She gave birth to Thomas -- or Tiggy, as his parents call him -- at a hospital in Washington.

VOA: special.2010.08.04

They said the larvae nearly always chose to follow the sound as they sought a place to call home.

VOA: special.2010.08.10

Gist said South Carolina would call a state convention as soon as the election results were made official.

VOA: special.2009.07.16

As a result, "in loco parentis" has been replaced by what some administrators call a "partnership" between the school and the family.

VOA: special.2009.07.09

There were fierce battles in Gaza on Friday as Hamas and Israel both rejected a United Nations call for an immediate cease-fire.

VOA: special.2009.01.10

Call and I were right smart crabbers and we could always come home with a little money as well as crabs for dinner.

VOA: special.2009.02.14

He says the financial crisis should be seen as a wake-up call to change systems and ways of thinking, and to re-establish trust.

VOA: special.2009.01.23

"A player who hasn't been playing for very long, I try to keep them next to the section player, or leader as we call it, that has been playing a while so they can always ask questions say, 'Hey,I don't know what that means.'" Matt is now in college, studying music education.

VOA: special.2010.06.21

People use a metal call box with a push-to-talk button to connect to a live operator, as Rose Shuman explains: "You just push a button, a big green button, and that will connect you directly to our operators who are sitting in front of computers, and speak your language.

VOA: special.2009.10.12

It is an endorsement of our call for economic, social uplifts as a means of fighting extremism."

VOA: standard.2009.03.28

Commander Harbour tells VOA News this latest incident - so far away from Somalia - should serve as a wake-up call for the international community.

VOA: standard.2010.04.20

(Speaking in French) Aounit hopes the government call will prompt what he describes as a larger "de-ghettoization" of France's social system, which must also include equal access to jobs.

VOA: standard.2010.02.02

For the hundreds of thousands about to pass through the gates of the New Orleans Fairgrounds, as long as the music has a great beat, it doesn't really matter what you call it.

VOA: standard.2010.04.26