As the mulch breaks down, it provides material that keeps the soil from getting hard.

VOA: special.2009.06.30

But what was that? The snow packed down hard under someones shoes.

VOA: special.2010.02.27

"I came back the next day and I put little parachutes for the Kaugummi and the Schokoladen , so they could see it and so it wouldn't hit them hard in the head, slow it down.

VOA: special.2011.08.11

Military analysts believe Iran is wary of cracking down too hard, for fear of drawing in other militants from neighboring Pakistan and Afghanistan.

VOA: standard.2009.10.19

Iranian security forces are once again clamping down hard on an opposition demonstration in a Tehran cemetery called to honor those slain during weeks of unrest, following the June 12 election.

VOA: standard.2009.07.30

"I think when it comes down to questions of hard cash and state budget, the European governments will feel they are doing what they can and it is not really up to the United States to tell them what to do,"

VOA: standard.2009.03.29