The featured speaker was former Alaska governor and Republican vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin, who urged the crowd to hold President Obama and the Democrats accountable for the health care plan recently approved by Congress despite unanimous Republican opposition.

VOA: standard.2010.03.28

I mean the crowd seems to be into it. Even just people at the bar are cheering for big shots."

VOA: special.2010.06.25

President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad announced the launch to a crowd in Semnan province, his birthplace and a base for missile launches.

VOA: special.2009.05.23

Instead of despairing at the discomfort of rain and mud, the crowd rejoiced in its power to resist the weather."

VOA: special.2009.08.10

Brown was furious that the crowd outside had refused to honor his white flag of truce earlier in the day.

VOA: special.2009.06.25

A crowd of about 1,000 marched to a nearby store, broke into it, and destroyed large amounts of flour and grain.

VOA: special.2009.01.01

She says that she enjoys the excitement of telling stories to a crowd because she is an actress.

VOA: special.2009.03.27

And when,responding to the cheers, he lightly doffed his hat, No stranger in the crowd could doubt 'twas Casey at the bat.

VOA: special.2011.04.04

He told a crowd of thousands that he and his fellow crew members were just doing the job they were trained to do.

VOA: special.2009.01.30

That means to be nervous about having to do something, like speaking in front of a crowd.

VOA: special.2009.06.28

He met with European Union leaders and spoke to a crowd of about twenty thousand people.

VOA: special.2009.04.11

With Mrs. Roosevelt's help, Anderson was able to sing for an even bigger crowd in Washington.

VOA: special.2009.01.25

He was part of a large crowd of admirers who had waited to see her.

VOA: special.2009.04.04

On May first, he made a campaign speech to a big crowd at Mount Vernon,Ohio.

VOA: special.2009.10.22

A crowd waited to see him. An old man came up and shook Lincoln's hand.

VOA: special.2009.11.12

"The crowd followed him to the White House to take part in the inaugural celebration.

VOA: special.2009.01.19

Some senators said there had not been such a crowd in the capitol building since the day Clay said goodbye to the Senate eight years earlier.

VOA: special.2009.03.19