Slidell returned to the United States,firm in the belief that only force could win the Mexican territories the United States wanted.

VOA: special.2009.02.19

The University of Illinois Extension service says you should harvest beans when the pods are firm and have reached their full length.

VOA: special.2009.03.24

He turned, and with a firm and quick step he walked across the empty space.

VOA: special.2009.04.18

Not surprisingly, radical Republicans held firm control in every one of the new governments.

VOA: special.2010.02.04

But her step was firm as she walked downstairs and out through the hall.

VOA: special.2010.05.15

I felt alone,cut off from friends, high above the firm earth.

VOA: special.2009.11.15

Clay was a firm believer in the idea of compromise.

VOA: special.2009.03.19

So,first of all, let me assert my firm belief that the only thing we have to fear is fear itself-- nameless,unreasoning,unjustified terror which paralyzes needed efforts to convert retreat into advance."

VOA: special.2011.03.17

So,first of all,let me assert my firm belief that the only thing we have to fear is fear itself - nameless,unreasoning,unjustified terror which paralyzes needed efforts to convert retreat into advance."

VOA: special.2011.05.19

In 1933, during the Great Depression, Franklin Roosevelt sought to give hope with these words: "Let me assert my firm belief that the only thing we have to fear is fear itself."

VOA: special.2009.01.19

"I told my parents that I didn't want them to help me with money this summer so the two main jobs, the one on campus and at the environmental consulting firm, are mainly to make money for rent and utilities and all that."

VOA: special.2010.06.18

"What is required of us now is a new era of responsibility Ca recognition on the part of every American, that we have duties to ourselves, our nation and the world, duties that we do not grudgingly accept but rather seize gladly, firm in the knowledge that there is nothing so satisfying to the spirit, so defining of our character, than giving our all to a difficult task."

VOA: special.2009.01.24

His theory was that the devices and body should remain firm, allowing the strings to vibrate longer and sustain a sound.

VOA: standard.2009.08.14

Peter Dernbach is a lawyer at Winkler Partners, the Taipei-based law firm that represented Herms in the trademark infringement suit.

VOA: standard.2009.04.23