"We have difficult times. We cannot afford everything we wish for if we want to create the future."

VOA: standard.2010.06.16

But when we're here it's in preparation for if they work a Games.

VOA: standard.2010.02.26

He was a good dog, and would have made a name for himself if he had lived, for he had intelligence.

VOA: special.2009.08.29

African countries frequently have to wait for years, if not decades,for new medical products to trickle into their health systems.

VOA: special.2011.01.19

It said the people in those territories had the right to decide for themselves if slavery would be legal or illegal.

VOA: special.2009.04.30

If the problem continues for several days, the effects will be the same as the usual kind of heat exhaustion.

VOA: special.2010.07.27

And,the University of California at Los Angeles offered him a college education if he played for the UCLA tennis team.

VOA: special.2010.02.07

You can be in deep water, for example, if you invest in stocks without knowing anything about the stock market.

VOA: special.2009.05.10

For example, if you say bad things about a person, the person might protest and say "Do not bad mouth me."

VOA: special.2010.06.20

For example, if a wife leads her husband by the nose, she makes him do whatever she wants him to do.

VOA: special.2009.09.13

Will you not vote for the killer if you already feel the cold steel of his gun against your head?"

VOA: special.2009.10.02

If westerners voted for the tariff measure, then eastern lawmakers would support a silver purchase bill that the westerners wanted.

VOA: special.2010.06.03

He said life is sometimes really hard, but you can make it a lot better if you try to prepare for it.

VOA: special.2010.05.16

The Afghanistan policy calls for establishing security in cities and towns, protecting civilians even if it means more danger for coalition troops.

VOA: special.2010.06.26