And then feeling that sort of sense of calm that comes as soon as you push out of the gate."

VOA: standard.2010.02.09

"The North as you know has been engaged in all sort of behavior. There have been ups and downs in that entire progress, the six-party talks.

VOA: standard.2009.04.14

Those things will ultimately keep us stronger and protect us better than any sort of effort to stomp out who we perceive as the bad guys,"

VOA: standard.2010.01.19

A blogger for the Huffington Post, Sedaei claims that writing served as a sort of white powder for him, which he could then throw over the invisible man and discover his shape.

VOA: standard.2010.06.15

"The aftershocks will start off being fairly large and fairly frequent, and then sort of peter out as time goes on, although you will see aftershocks for weeks to months after the earthquake.

VOA: standard.2010.01.13

"Now,the degree which will have on the peace process and other things which are sort of the hard facts of the Middle East,is something else, altogether,as obviously there is a very serious problem with the Israeli government and so on.

VOA: standard.2009.05.09

"President Obama has been all over the Middle East, he's been in Turkey, he's been in Saudi Arabia, he's been in Cairo, and giving major speeches, and he has not spoken to or with the Israeli people or really sort of extended his hand as a partner in this entire process,".

VOA: standard.2009.08.29

"The timeline that we've talked about is actually,in a sense that, if I were to use the surge in Iraq, look where we are right now, sort of apply the same kind of timeline to Afghanistan, as best we can tell, and we think that's reasonable, in terms of having the impact, and then being able to thin our forces out and bring them back".

VOA: standard.2009.11.04

I think it is a combination of a very,very distinct special language on one hand and then on the other, she has really a story to tell about growing up in a dictatorship but also growing up as a minority in another country and also growing up sort of a stranger for your own family.

VOA: standard.2009.10.08