Speaking just hours before the start of the G20 meeting of major economies, Mr.Obama stressed the need for all participants to seek common ground.

VOA: standard.2009.04.01

"Having said that, one of the tricks here is to try and get something done in time for the legislative process - that is the United States Senate and the Duma in Russia - to approve whatever they do before the START-1 treaty expires in December,".

VOA: standard.2009.04.08

It was the same town where abolitionist John Brown had tried to start a slave rebellion a few years before.

VOA: special.2009.08.20

They demand that Israel freeze all construction on Jewish settlements in the occupied West Bank before any negotiations start.

VOA: standard.2009.10.31

He always puts his right ski boot on first, he touches his helmet and goggles two dozen times before leaving the start house.

VOA: standard.2010.02.09

At Northwestern University, researchers recently concluded that well before babies start to speak, they recognize words and can link them to the things they represent.

VOA: standard.2010.05.05

We are going to get there the day before the games start two days before. And it's all about building, and getting better every game and that is how the team is going to win.

VOA: standard.2010.01.12

I think as the series goes on he accepts more and more that he is part of the contemporary world and I think all the things that were deemed to be flaws before start fading away.

VOA: standard.2010.07.07