"The circumstances of your life what you look like, where you come from, how much money you have, what you've got going on at home that's no excuse for neglecting your homework or having a bad attitude in school.

VOA: standard.2009.09.08

"Serbia will never under any circumstances recognize the unilateral declaration of independence of the so-called Republic of Kosovo."

VOA: special.2010.07.24

He also said that forced transfers of staff, which critics say demoralized workers, would be applied only in exceptional circumstances.

VOA: standard.2010.04.11

Regardless of the quality of information received, they note torture,under any circumstances, is absolutely prohibited under international law.

VOA: standard.2009.03.21

He notes that under today's circumstances, the possibility of Russian NATO membership is not a practical question.

VOA: standard.2009.04.02

The Obama administration would like to begin a withdrawal of U.S.troops from Afghanistan by July of next year, depending on circumstances on the ground.

VOA: standard.2010.07.30

Clinton met early Tuesday with Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov who said that under the current circumstances even the threat of sanctions against Iran for its nuclear program would be counterproductive.

VOA: standard.2009.10.13

"Right now we have about They get one package of food every two weeks, a total of six packages if they are really in dire circumstances then we sometimes renew their order and send them another six packages."

VOA: standard.2009.09.09

"It was like a giant jigsaw puzzle and the more we started to unearth and peel back the onion of who this guy was and what happened to him in the past and trying to truly understand the reason why he would be so obsessed with a specific case once we start to uncover these things about him we realized that once we explain one set of circumstances we needed to go even further with another set of circumstances."

VOA: standard.2010.02.27