But the seventeen-year-old decided not to go to college but instead play for the National Basketball Association.

VOA: special.2009.11.20

She considers not only what would be interesting for the musicians to play, but also what would be interesting for the audience to hear.

VOA: special.2010.07.12

But Americans were not the only ones who identified with the ideas in the play.

VOA: special.2009.11.29

He could not read music, but he could play music that he heard.

VOA: special.2009.09.27

But there are just not enough shows in a year to play everything.

VOA: special.2010.01.01

But here is one we did not play.

VOA: special.2010.02.05

He would try to explain it this way when students asked for a top grade just for studying hard in chemistry class: What if a baseball player came to spring training and worked harder than all the others, but still could not play well.

VOA: special.2009.03.12

"But from the standpoint of the team I think all of us really are not worried about where we are going to play.

VOA: standard.2009.10.22

But musicians here are grappling with an even more basic truth: most radio and TV stations play their music but do not pay royalty fees.

VOA: standard.2009.08.27

As storm clouds of war rumble across the Atlantic, Welles puts the play not in ancient Rome, but in contemporary Europe with Caesar as a fascist dictator.

VOA: standard.2009.12.17

The Boston University researcher says this kind of analysis could play a role, not just in predicting who will live longest, but in actually helping people live longer and healthier lives.

VOA: standard.2010.07.14

"Because cardiovascular death is the number one cause of death in the world, not just in developed countries, but throughout the world, the role that air pollutants play on this has a tremendous effect on overall world mortality."

VOA: standard.2010.08.04