He looked out over the valley, then down at the papers in his hand.

VOA: special.2009.11.12

But in other cases, the mines must be carefully dug out by hand.

VOA: special.2010.05.03

The military sounded confident that victory in its campaign to wipe out the Tamil Tigers is close at hand.

VOA: standard.2009.04.06

"Frankly,some of the first things that have happened subsequent to his extension of that open arm,open hand, have not been very encouraging, in terms of statements coming out of Tehran,".

VOA: standard.2009.05.05