This was it. What could be an impossible effort in the history of spaceflight was ready to lift off on its final chance for success.

VOA: special.2009.07.01

I once landed on my face. I soon learned that it took much less effort for me to move on Mars than it did on Earth.

VOA: special.2010.07.10

"We are very pleased,and it is part of our ongoing effort to crack down on off-shore tax evasion.

VOA: standard.2009.08.19

And it requires clearly a more determined effort on the civilian and political sides.

VOA: standard.2009.10.27

Republicans oppose the health care effort on principle, arguing that it represents too much government intervention in the health care system and will bankrupt the country with its high cost.

VOA: standard.2010.03.16

"As I've said from the day I took office, it's going to take months, even years, to dig our way out - and it's going to require an all-hands-on-deck effort."

VOA: standard.2010.07.03

In my opinion, it could be an abuse." In an apparent effort to defuse tensions on the eve of the anniversary, Vladimir Putin has written an article which appears in the Monday edition of Polish newspaper Gazeta Wyborca.

VOA: standard.2009.09.01