It has been more than two years since he has been to a hospital emergency room because of asthma.

VOA: special.2009.07.28

But he said he found it difficult to perform because Porgy has a bad leg and cannot walk.

VOA: special.2010.03.07

It has easy appeal for the bully because it does not involve face-to-face contact and it can be done at any time.

VOA: special.2010.04.22

But Professor Gaechter says his team's theory was that punishment has only low costs because it needs to be used rarely and works as a threat.

VOA: special.2009.03.03

But I like to think that people love chocolate because everybody has an experience that they can relate to eating chocolate, and usually it's a good one.

VOA: special.2010.02.17

"It is unfair because he has done nothing wrong." The five men face life in prison and are expected to be sentenced in December.

VOA: standard.2009.10.17

It says it has detained the refugees because it wants to screen them to weed out former rebels, and to demine villages where battles had raged.

VOA: standard.2009.10.23

But the military has yet to launch a ground offensive there because it says it is consolidating gains in the Swat Valley before expanding the anti-insurgency activity.

VOA: standard.2009.09.14

"In the Philippines and all over Asia, fertilizer has been overused and misused because no one explains to them how much they need or how to use it."

VOA: standard.2010.07.28

"We want to be a strong partner with the government and the people of Afghanistan, and I always say both because it is not either or it has to be both,"

VOA: standard.2009.11.18

In blunt terms,the Foreign Affairs Select Committee report says Britain's military mission in Afghanistan has failed to deliver what it promised, because troops are being asked to do too many different tasks.

VOA: standard.2009.08.02

Even though it would be easy and it is ripe for the picking, we wanted to be more of an homage to that type of storytelling because I think it has a really powerful message.

VOA: standard.2010.05.27

"Because it is a romantic comedy and you know how it is going to end up, on a certain level the story has to be predictable because you know they are going to end up together."

VOA: standard.2010.04.30

In a statement on Monday, White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs said the president is pleased that the Senate has decided to include a public option, and that he supports it because it has the potential to hold insurance companies accountable through choice and competition.

VOA: standard.2009.10.26