Arthur Mingo was equally stunned, pinning his hopes on the 2016 games as a way for the United States to raise its profile in the international community.

VOA: standard.2009.10.02

Lesley Prasad, a leading operating room officer, shows the picture a Haitian man sketched while being treated in the hospital as a way for him to say thank you.

VOA: standard.2010.03.26

Promise This-When You be Dying- Some shall summon Me- "And that way in which she says 'when you be dying', that's so classically the way African Americans structure their sentences, with that interesting use of 'be,'" "Maid as Muse" author Aife Murray says writing her book was a way for her to give credit where credit is due - to the unsung men and women whose language and culture enhanced the work of one of America's best-loved poets.

VOA: standard.2010.06.22

It is a way for people to establish their identities in often unfriendly areas as they struggle to hold their communities together.

VOA: special.2009.02.22

But she thinks the new technologies are a great way to communicate as long as people still show traditional respect for each other.

VOA: special.2009.09.14

It found that except for nuclear DNA analysis, no forensic method has really proven itself as a way to link evidence to a person.

VOA: special.2009.10.03

It can be used for two- way communication, such as between a ship and land.

VOA: special.2010.01.31

It was revived in 1963 as a way to honor individuals for distinguished service from all walks of life.

VOA: standard.2009.08.12

"The music has just been a way of life for me for as long as I can remember."

VOA: standard.2010.07.06

Slim,whose real name is Bill Homans, has come a long way from his job as a heavy equipment operator for the U.S.Army during the Vietnam War.

VOA: standard.2010.08.04

While some Serbs view it as a political trial by a "pro-Western" and "political court", others see it as the best way forward for Serbia after years of isolation.

VOA: standard.2009.10.25

The country's first post-apartheid president, Nelson Mandela, campaigned hard for the prestigious tournament because he saw it as a way to further reconciliation after decades of racial separation and conflict.

VOA: standard.2010.06.07

"I think the position of providing a middle ground for President Bashir, not denying the ICC decision, but asking for it to be postponed, and giving Bashir some breathing space is a way for the regimes such as Egypt and Saudi Arabia to indicate that they do have a position independent from the West,".

VOA: standard.2009.03.26