He was also known as a very aggressive hitter, swinging hard and fast at almost any ball.

VOA: special.2010.04.11

Push hard and fast. Aim for a rate of about one hundred compressions each minute.

VOA: special.2009.06.09

He could be as hard as a robot, or as smooth as liquid.

VOA: special.2009.07.05

William Thornton is hard at work on a set of building drawings.

VOA: special.2010.01.27

Mary Cassatt worked very hard and was a good student.

VOA: special.2009.07.12

She worked very hard at becoming a good writer.

VOA: special.2010.04.25

It is not an easy task,she said. "This is going to be a very hard act for him to pursue, particularly when there is very, very deep hostility to the United States and to the West more generally in Pakistan."

VOA: standard.2010.08.06

They stopped laughing when they found he could do the hard work of a cowboy as well as any of them.

VOA: special.2010.08.05

Then,a hard cast may be put around the area of the break to hold the bone in place while it heals.

VOA: special.2009.02.04

Jack London's many stories truthfully explained just how hard it was to be a gold seeker in eighteen ninety-seven.

VOA: special.2009.02.11

The muscular man is working hard to control a powerful drill that is cutting through the rock that surrounds him.

VOA: special.2009.03.23

Experts say it will be hard to find a nominee with as much experience in both health issues and politics.

VOA: special.2009.02.06

Like many of U2's songs, it is an expressive love song with a melody that is hard to forget.

VOA: special.2009.04.10

That is a hard question,he says, because there are so many kinds of music being made right now.

VOA: special.2010.07.19