They were not paid to do this. They earned their money at other jobs, but dropped what they were doing when the fire bell rang.

VOA: special.2009.05.17

But the flow from the stem tip prevents them from doing this.

VOA: special.2009.10.13

Speaking to reporters, the interior minister, the defense minister and the national security chief gave no promises there will not be another such event this week, but said they are doing their best to protect voters.

VOA: standard.2009.08.16

"What we were able to find was that within a centimeter, around less than an inch,certainly, and probably half an inch, there were different regions perhaps they overlap some but they were doing, at different times, different processes, all within this small area,"

VOA: standard.2010.01.28

Here is House minority leader John Boehner. "I know the president is doing the hard sell on this bill, telling Democrat members that his presidency is on the line, but this vote is not about saving a presidency or saving a politician, this is about doing the right thing for the American people."

VOA: standard.2010.03.19