Many Americans learned this the hard way by investing all their money in stock shares, which then lost value.

VOA: special.2011.03.27

MILK: "All men are created equal. No matter how hard you try you can never erase those words.

VOA: special.2009.02.20

When they had gathered all the supplies, the gold seekers then faced the extremely hard trip into Canada.

VOA: special.2009.02.11

But the work is hard. And getting all the oil from the seeds can be difficult.

VOA: special.2009.09.29

he said, "hit it good and hard, so we will all go to the bottom."

VOA: special.2010.06.17

Paul Perachi says all the hard work is clear in the final performance.

VOA: special.2010.06.03

"If there is," he said, "then all our hard work is lost.

VOA: special.2009.07.23

He would try to explain it this way when students asked for a top grade just for studying hard in chemistry class: What if a baseball player came to spring training and worked harder than all the others, but still could not play well.

VOA: special.2009.03.12

He was sitting at his desk so it was very hard to get him out with all the rubble and wood around him,"

VOA: standard.2010.01.20

"Within ourselves we know we just wanted to compete as hard as we could this season and leave it all on the floor,".

VOA: standard.2009.04.05

"But there are all sorts of stimuli for people to eat, which is very hard to combat."

VOA: standard.2010.07.16

"And I am grateful for their decision as well as all the Democrats who have worked so hard to make this reform a reality."

VOA: standard.2010.07.13

But the Navajo homeland is harsh country, where it's hard to find good-paying jobs and all too easy to fall sway to alcoholism and despair.

VOA: standard.2010.03.22

We're all out here trying to work hard and trying to clean up this mess."

VOA: standard.2009.10.06