And he said men of Ohio who let themselves be drafted into the Union army were no better than slaves themselves.

VOA: special.2009.10.22

He agreed that four years of Rutherford Hayes would be better than four years of civil war.

VOA: special.2010.03.04

They believed a better way to the railroad could be found, with plenty of grass and water.

VOA: special.2010.03.18

Would it not be better for him to die quickly, and go to wait for her in that blessed place of the future?

VOA: special.2009.04.18

"They just show me how to be better, different techniques of playing and stuff like that."

VOA: special.2010.06.21

And the file says workers responsible for boating and beach safety may be doing a better job of warning people when sharks are seen.

VOA: special.2009.06.16

In the words of poet Walt Whitman: "It is for the interest of mankind that America's power and territory should be extended -- the farther,the better."

VOA: special.2009.02.19

He promised that workers would be removed only in the interests of better government.

VOA: special.2010.05.27

And better in the general sense: become better in schoolwork, become a better person, become a better writer become as best as I can be in all aspects of my life."

VOA: special.2009.12.28

Let us see how all the questions that have arisen out of this unhappy subject of slavery can be better settled more fairly and justly than the plan I have offered.

VOA: special.2009.03.19

The mystic chords of memory, stretching from every battlefield and patriot grave to every living heart and hearthstone all over this broad land, will yet swell the chorus of the Union, when again touched, as surely they will be, by the better angels of our nature."

VOA: special.2009.01.19

Manber says the results must be independently replicated, and scientists need to better understand the mechanisms of how acupuncture therapy works.

VOA: standard.2010.03.03

Isaak says there needs to be better infrastructure in place to support the harvest of the invasive species.

VOA: standard.2010.07.19

Experts say the political impact of the town meetings on Congress will be better measured once lawmakers return to Washington next month.

VOA: standard.2009.08.17