They believe students are owed a good grade simply because they put a lot of effort into a class.

VOA: special.2009.03.12

"Well,what we found is a lot of ambivalence. A bare majority of Americans, about 52 percent, think that the U.S.military effort there is a good idea and should be there.

VOA: standard.2009.11.16

He called the runoff and the period afterward when a new government is formed a "turning point" in the effort to defeat the extremists and deliver good government and economic development to Afghanistan.

VOA: standard.2009.10.23