But they do not consider themselves to be better than others who are less important.

VOA: special.2009.03.08

"I was raised on a small farm in southern Indiana and Dad tried to teach me and my brothers that you should never try to be better than someone else.

VOA: special.2010.06.10

As a matter of fact, I may even be better than you are.

VOA: standard.2009.11.25

"I was raised on a small farm in southern Indiana and Dad tried to teach me and my brothers that you should never try to be better than someone else, always learn from others and never cease trying to be the best you could be, that is under your control."

VOA: standard.2010.06.05

Or the writer could show how the subject may be understood better or in a different way than it has been.

VOA: special.2009.04.30

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

These social supports may help explain why many women seem to be better able to deal with stress than men are.

VOA: special.2009.03.24

"I do not regret it." he said. "It is better to be defeated battling for an honest idea, than to win by a cowardly trick."

VOA: special.2010.05.27

He said the surrender terms could be no better than those given General Lee.

VOA: special.2010.01.14

Weed finally decided that Scott might be a better candidate than Harrison or Clay.

VOA: special.2009.01.22

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

"But if it can't be in the near term, it's a far better solution than what people are doing right now.

VOA: standard.2010.04.15

"The attitude in these states is certainly different than it use to be, and not for the better,"

VOA: standard.2009.09.01

"If we have election, and I have the government be mine, be ours,it's good,better than now."

VOA: standard.2010.03.24