"A nice quiet place," I said to myself as I got ready for bed.

VOA: special.2009.01.17

The image of a man on a boat, white mane tousled, smiling broadly as he sails into the wind, ready for what storms may come, carrying on toward some new and wondrous place just beyond the horizon."

VOA: special.2009.09.13

He told the Italian daily La Repubblica that he was "ready to serve as a mediator with Iran,"

VOA: standard.2009.03.18

Passengers on Northwest Airlines Flight 253 from Amsterdam to Detroit say just as the plane was getting ready to land there was a loud pop, and then panic.

VOA: standard.2009.12.26

"We can actually use a ready made FTA outside there as a possible vehicle so APEC can still concentrate on doing what it's very good at doing awareness,capacity building, dialogue issues,".

VOA: standard.2009.11.09

"A lot of units from different areas, different parts of the country have to integrate,work as a team, and that's why we come here to practice because we need to be ready in case something does happen."

VOA: standard.2010.07.21

"This will serve as a catalyst to help Nigeria to be ready, to improve itself, to look at the organization, to look at the quality of the facilities,and therefore I hope this will serve as a kind of stepping stone for Nigeria to be ready,".

VOA: standard.2009.10.22