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

This might be hard to do when the teacher is writing on a board at the front of the classroom.

VOA: special.2009.09.06

"So when foreign companies start negotiating with local Chinese suppliers, they really press hard on the prices offered by those Chinese suppliers."

VOA: special.2010.06.18

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

VOA: special.2009.02.11

She says she wants the students to know that even when facing hard times, they can succeed.

VOA: special.2009.01.28

He said: "When I saw hard-working people suffering under debts, sickness and worries, I knew there was plenty to make up songs about."

VOA: special.2010.06.13

New protests groups would be formed in a few years when farmers once again faced hard times.

VOA: special.2010.04.15

And he had seen days of no food and empty stomachs, days when the fish did not come, and the animals were hard to find.

VOA: special.2010.02.27

That means he had a hard time realizing when it was out of control.

VOA: special.2009.07.28

This is when hard-working people can retire to a life of ease and fulfillment.

VOA: special.2010.06.06

"When babies are born, babies have an instinctive need, they're hard-wired to breastfeed.

VOA: special.2010.08.04

When farmers and wild animals share land, conflicts can be hard to prevent.

VOA: special.2010.07.27

Throughout Europe, when times were hard, people talked of going to America.

VOA: special.2010.05.13

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