The threat may be against their family back in their home country.

VOA: special.2010.06.14

Probably,if I had to come down as either for or against it at this point, I would be against it,".

VOA: standard.2009.10.21

They look like they are sleeping. The suggestions they receive may be able to direct their whole mental energy against pain.

VOA: special.2010.03.30

Soon,people began to use the word hedging to describe steps that could be taken to protect against financial loss.

VOA: special.2010.01.31

But the poorly designed protection system was widely known to be too weak to protect against a major hurricane.

VOA: special.2010.01.22

Second,he could not be guilty of plotting a slave rebellion, because he had never incited slaves against their owners.

VOA: special.2009.07.02

First,they said, he could not be guilty of treason against Virginia, because he was not a citizen of Virginia.

VOA: special.2009.07.02

This can be anything from walking or running against the resistance of water, to doing jumping jacks in the water.

VOA: special.2010.06.08

The hepatitis B vaccine is considered to be the first medicine that can protect people against liver cancer.

VOA: special.2010.11.16

The hope is that people in all twenty-five countries will be protected against the disease by twenty-fifteen.

VOA: special.2010.12.15

He stood up against racism and did not permit anyone to be treated differently in his presence.

VOA: special.2010.04.11

Southerners felt that if the campaign against slavery was successful, everything they believed in would be destroyed.

VOA: special.2009.03.12

Joseph said his brother felt strongly that American products should be protected against competition from foreign imports.

VOA: special.2009.03.05

He stopped moving forward and prepared to defend against what seemed to be a strong Confederate attack.

VOA: special.2009.08.27