News reports said Adair used about three hundred forty kilograms of nitroglycerine explosive material to pull the oxygen out of the fire.

VOA: special.2009.03.22

They are said to use forty to fifty percent less wood than an open fire, and produce fifty to seventy-five percent less smoke.

VOA: special.2010.02.01

So,he said, he did not want anyone but firefighters to go to a fire.

VOA: special.2009.05.17

And he said Anderson must promise not to fire on Confederate forces.

VOA: special.2009.08.06

Officials initially blamed "insurgent activity" for the casualties, but later said it was possible the soldiers were hit by friendly fire.

VOA: standard.2009.11.07

The general said the Lebanese Army asked for a cease-fire,and therefore, he believes this was a "one-time event."

VOA: standard.2010.08.03

I have said it will be a sea of fire, a sea of flames.

VOA: standard.2010.07.13

The government's outright rejection for a truce with Tamil Tiger rebels came a day after the European Union said the situation of civilians trapped in the war zone is dangerous and called for a cease-fire to allow humanitarian aid into the region.

VOA: standard.2009.03.17

"They hear the tone in my voice which is the tone of a sergeant. I say: 'Sir,I can see you got your horse all saddled, you need to put that fire out.' They hear that tone, and that kind of tone that I just said, that gets you killed in Mississippi.

VOA: standard.2009.11.25