The environmentalist Paul Hawken had a very direct message for graduates at the University of Portland in Oregon.

VOA: special.2009.06.05

Japan's desire to use East Asia to gain natural resources and sell manufactured products was in direct conflict with American plans for Asia.

VOA: special.2011.05.26

She went on to direct the folk arts program at the National Endowment for the Arts.

VOA: special.2010.01.25

He is the first African American to direct a film nominated for best picture.

VOA: special.2010.03.01

An interview,or direct meeting, also is usually required for entrance to medical schools.

VOA: special.2010.07.13

A direct meeting,or interview, also is usually required for entrance to medical schools.

VOA: special.2009.06.02

The direct contact also makes it easier for the baby to breastfeed.

VOA: special.2009.10.26

Her poetry is known for being simple, truthful and direct.

VOA: special.2010.04.18

The other provided for direct, popular election of senators.

VOA: special.2010.09.02

This allowed for direct interaction. The Webcast quickly became a forum where thousands tuned in to discuss policies and exchange ideas.

VOA: standard.2009.07.27

it allows for direct banking. Right now,under the terms, we have to use a third country bank."

VOA: standard.2010.07.29

It calls for genetic improvement of crops through conventional plant breeding and through direct genetic modification of crops.

VOA: standard.2009.10.21

Palestinian President Mahmood Abbas has said he wants a complete freeze on Jewish settlements in the West Bank as a condition for direct talks.

VOA: standard.2010.07.28

The United States and the European Union have been pushing for a return to direct talks.

VOA: standard.2010.07.28

And now, for your listeningand viewing pleasure, direct from Hollywood,California, our very own beatnik beauty.

VOA: standard.other

They made it clear to the former Nigerian military ruler that a return to constitutional order is a pre-condition for direct talks with President Mamadou Tandja.

VOA: standard.2009.11.14

Lead attorney Stephen Gardner says he's confident he can face a jury and ask three questions: "Is it unfair for McDonald's to bypass parents and market direct to little children?

VOA: standard.2010.06.24

The United States has recently changed its Burma policy from isolating the military government to direct engagement in hopes that it will improve its human rights and allow for democracy.

VOA: standard.2009.11.08

The Obama administration has lifted limits on travel and remittances to Cuba by Cuban-Americans and initiated talks on reinstating direct postal service between the two countries for the first time since 1963.

VOA: standard.2009.10.28

Clapper is known for being blunt and direct. His manner has won praise in the military, but some of the lawmakers who will decide whether he is confirmed say he is not cooperative enough.

VOA: standard.2010.06.05

"It is two separate issues; we clarified our position from the beginning, that this moratorium is only for 10 months and direct talks is a very important issue for both sides,not only for Israel.

VOA: standard.2010.07.28

"I cannot see that there is a direct responsibility by Ratzinger for the reassignment of Huellermann to pastoral work - maybe an indirect one because that's where the buck stops, so to speak."

VOA: standard.2010.04.01

"What we need is a multi-pronged, explicit strategy that employs all of the elements of our national power and our allies, and that ties together multiple lines of operation, including direct diplomacy with the Iranians, into a coherent plan of action for the months ahead that has goals and schedules and teeth,"

VOA: standard.2009.04.28