"I think she was touched by it,". "She hears most of the songs as they're being written.

VOA: standard.2009.04.19

"Europe gains by diversity of ethnicity, tradition and faith - it is not diminished by it.

VOA: standard.2009.04.06

So especially with the elections results, how that turned out, I was pretty impressed by it."

VOA: standard.2010.03.08

"I really love the music and you make a lot of friends by it."

VOA: standard.2010.08.02

"It was my decision," "I stand by it and live with the consequences."

VOA: standard.2009.08.24

He started even earlier. "When I was a little kid, I found a couple of traps washed up on the beach and I was mesmerized by it,you know.

VOA: standard.2010.07.20

It can process images taken by a camera into sensations that could be used by a blind person wearing it.

VOA: special.2010.10.13

"No," you say,"it just can't be true! Who told you?" Comes the answer, "I got it by the grapevine."

VOA: special.2009.02.22

Play it by ear also means to decide what to do at the last minute instead of making detailed plans.

VOA: special.2009.09.13

The coral whitens when it becomes stressed by warmer temperatures and expels the algae organisms it needs to survive.

VOA: special.2009.04.22

Fairey's designs change the meaning of the Russian propagandist style by applying it to the costly shopping goods of capitalism.

VOA: special.2009.04.08

Marcelo D2 became famous when he created a new form of hip-hop by mixing it with the Brazilian music called samba.

VOA: special.2009.11.25

Other kinds of clerical work that is either being outsourced or is being replaced by technology that does it efficiently.

VOA: special.2010.11.22

Ford himself put an end to his chances by telling the nation that it was "perfectly safe with Coolidge."

VOA: special.2011.01.27