"He was a guy who tried to get people to work on their own behalf, to get things done and to try to have everybody contribute,"

VOA: standard.2010.01.16

Travelers waiting around here are missing out on income because they cannot return to work, like this French physical therapist hoping to get back to Paris.

VOA: standard.2010.04.19

"It is certainly our hope that based on discussions in Pyongyang that the six-party talks resume expeditiously and we can get back to important work of denuclearization."

VOA: standard.2009.12.11

"This president basically is rolling the dice, he is making the most important decision of his presidency, betting on his ability to work with Pakistan and get this shared problem of the two Talibans under control,".

VOA: standard.2009.12.06

So if we can get better at giving people triggers of when to leave early, which we will work very hard on doing, then people evacuating themselves is the safest thing to do as long as it's early enough."

VOA: standard.2009.06.24

"We have been tasked by our respective presidents the foreign minister and I, to put meat on the bones, so to speak, to get to work to make sure that the expectations of both President Zuma and President Obama are met as we work more closely together on our bi-lateral relationship as well as on regional and global challenges.

VOA: standard.2009.08.08