For example, working women used to be shown mostly as nurses or teachers, because those were the jobs that many held in real life.

VOA: special.2009.05.04

When Shepard did hit the golf balls, they traveled "for miles and miles," as he reported, because the gravity on the moon is one-sixth of the gravity on Earth.

VOA: special.2011.05.15

Havens was onstage for as long as he was because Woodstock producers were waiting for the other performers to arrive.

VOA: standard.2009.08.15

"We cannot say subsidies but we call it machinery restructuring, because as you know the machinery for the shoe is already 20-years-old."

VOA: standard.2010.05.13

It's also seen as a potential game changer for the struggling newspaper and magazine publishing industry, because of its built-in electronic reader.

VOA: standard.2010.05.28

"It is very difficult because the Americans, the support for such groups, in as much as it does exist, is very secretive,".

VOA: standard.2009.10.18

"The law as it stands now in the State of Israel is to be commended because elected office is not a shelter for misdeeds,"

VOA: standard.2009.08.30

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

"Jogja actually has been seen as a successful model for a reconstruction program because the government is very open, the government is very assertive and they are very easily approachable to work with."

VOA: standard.2010.04.14

A WHO official in Jerusalem says the agency believes Israel is reluctant to allow certain items, such as batteries and electronic equipment into Gaza because it considers those items could potentially be used for military purposes.

VOA: standard.2010.06.01

Adow says al-Shabab, listed as a terrorist organization by the United States for having links with al-Qaida, has identified certain government officials and supporters as enemies because they have been vocal critics of the militant group.

VOA: standard.2009.04.17

"I think for the industry as a whole, it's very interesting and potentially important because there are a lot of publishers who haven't yet developed paid-for models, who are looking at a cyclical and structural decline in advertising revenues,"

VOA: standard.2009.12.05

But Hawkings said the Tea Party victories could actually turn out to be a disadvantage for Republicans in the November general elections, because Tea Party candidates tend to be viewed as too far to the right ideologically by moderate voters.

VOA: standard.2010.05.19

"I know some people will regard that as peculiar for a digital device but it is, it's more like an album launch or a film premiere because the device is not just something for nerds, it has a cultural meaning too."

VOA: standard.2010.05.28