"The glint in the eye and the lilt in the voice are familiar to us all.

VOA: standard.2009.08.12

A physician in Morocco familiar with the situation describes the captain's condition as "not serious."

VOA: standard.2009.12.07

Ryan's story is all too familiar. According to government estimates, of the more than 30,000 U.S.highway deaths reported in 2008, about 12 percent involved drivers between the ages of 15 and 20.

VOA: standard.2010.06.24

"And,in south Sudan it is getting worse. In DRC, the Democratic Republic of Congo, we are well familiar with challenges in the eastern part of the country, where we still have thousands and thousands of people on the move.

VOA: standard.2010.02.04

"It is complex difficult terrain, both the land and the people, it is a tribal society with a culture vastly different from what most of us are familiar with and it varies around the country, so you cannot assume what is true in one province is true in another,".

VOA: standard.2009.10.01