Ted Kennedy was well liked in the Senate because of his hard work, friendliness and sense of humor.

VOA: special.2009.09.13

That is a hard question,he says, because there are so many kinds of music being made right now.

VOA: special.2010.07.19

Madam C.J.Walker explained it this way: "If I have accomplished anything in life, it is because I have been willing to work hard."

VOA: special.2010.03.28

But Professor Strauss says a banking crisis is especially hard to recover from, because there is less money to lend to support growth.

VOA: special.2009.11.06

He said he became successful because he worked hard to make his dreams come true.

VOA: special.2011.01.07

She says this is because her parents taught her about the value of hard work.

VOA: special.2009.07.17

They did not protest because the work was hard and the pay was low.

VOA: special.2010.05.13

This is because my father rolls up his sleeves and prepares to work hard.

VOA: special.2010.05.02

His wrote that his body hurt because of the extremely hard work.

VOA: special.2009.02.11

Would the team accept him anyway, just because he tried so hard?

VOA: special.2009.03.12

"Once you get noticed by a company, it gets a lot easier, but it's so hard to get noticed because there's so many people looking for so few jobs."

VOA: special.2010.06.11

She says being a mom is hard. "Because you have to get up every two hours in the middle of the night, and you can't go out and say 'I am going to buy this for myself.'

VOA: special.2010.05.13

It is an ideological arrangement. But PDVSA suffers, because it could be selling that oil to the United States for hard currency."

VOA: standard.2010.08.06

Turay says he finds it especially hard because he teaches just from his own experience.

VOA: standard.2010.02.25