But the drive for health-care reform ran headlong into opposition Republicans eager to regain their political footing after suffering defeat in the 2008 election.

VOA: standard.2009.12.29

And in making the announcement, President Obama said once again the American drive for a missile shield has never had anything to do with Russia.

VOA: standard.2009.09.17

The government's diversity drive for the grandes ecoles has prompted a call by a group of academics for the state to level the playing field in other areas, like offering more housing and scholarships to poorer students attending these institutions.

VOA: standard.2010.02.02

For example, in parks including Kruger, you can rent a car and drive around some areas on your own.

VOA: special.2009.08.19

But the group has a new ambulance with devices for lifting a camel to drive it to an animal hospital.

VOA: special.2009.01.13

"That's what really opened up the experience for me, to prove how bad it is to really text and drive."

VOA: special.2010.07.01

In the afternoon, he took his wife Mary for a long drive away from the city.

VOA: special.2009.12.31

Project director David Conner says it was a "test drive" for the research on private farms.

VOA: special.2009.12.22

The other cattle were put together for the long drive to Kansas.

VOA: special.2010.03.18

This drive is important for getting food, shelter and mates.

VOA: special.2009.08.26

It's located near the Olympics venue for long track speed skating in Richmond, about a 30-minute drive south from downtown Vancouver.

VOA: standard.2010.02.23

Kevin said the experience was eye-opening. (OMITTED) "That's really opened up the experience for me to prove how bad it is to text and drive."

VOA: standard.2010.06.24

Sports programs and movie channels are expected to drive the push for 3D television.

VOA: standard.2010.03.11

He says poverty, gender inequality, and conflict contribute to human trafficking, but it is the demand for unreasonably cheap labor and cheap goods that drive this unscrupulous trade.

VOA: standard.2009.10.19

But his dream is to someday drive what he builds - the new Chevrolet Volt, an electric vehicle that can run for 64 kilometers on a battery without recharging.

VOA: standard.2010.07.30

"By imposing a tax on every American who drives a car or flips on a light switch, this plan will drive up the prices for food, gasoline and electricity,".

VOA: standard.2009.06.27

"There are those who believe that the answer is to simply unleash the insurance industry and provide less oversight and fewer rules and that somehow that is going to drive down prices for everybody.

VOA: standard.2010.03.10

He said the Iranian official told the diplomats that even if Tehran accepted a big power offer of last November to export some of its enriched uranium to be reprocessed as fuel for a research reactor, the broader Iranian enrichment drive would continue.

VOA: standard.2010.05.14