He said the only thing holding up a prisoner swap is what he described as the "stubbornness of the Zionist occupation."

VOA: standard.2009.10.03

(SAYING) He said Israel holds the government of Lebanon responsible for what he described as "the violent provocation" against Israeli troops.

VOA: standard.2010.08.05

Soltanieh also argued that Tehran would refrain from what he described as Iran's voluntary cooperation gestures towards the IAEA after Friday's resolution.

VOA: standard.2009.11.28

He described as mis-guided the notion that emergency relief would discourage people from looking for jobs.

VOA: standard.2010.07.19

In closing the Under-20 World Cup in Egypt last Friday, FIFA President Sepp Blatter sounded less than assured in wishing the best to Nigeria as host of the Under-17 event, in what he described as the African year of football.

VOA: standard.2009.10.22

As he later described it, the plane was not much more than half a kilometer above the trees.

VOA: special.2009.11.24

He said Robert of Gloucester described a message from the King of Germany to King John of England as altogether not worth a bean.

VOA: special.2010.01.31

Yet one American newspaper says he described himself simply as a "corn-fed,country-bred Iowa boy."

VOA: special.2009.11.10

He described it as the richest, the most beautiful,the healthiest country in the world.

VOA: special.2009.02.19

He described it as a voice that overflowed with a deep, tragic feeling.

VOA: special.2009.01.25

He described Art Brut as being created from pure and real creative forces.

VOA: special.2010.04.14

He also described the nuclear goal of Iran as a serious international threat.

VOA: special.2009.04.11

An announcer described him as he took the court for his final national championship victory, in 1975,in his final game.

VOA: standard.2010.06.05

Last week, Israel's Deputy Prime Minister Moshe Ya'alon set off a storm when he described the group as a "virus."

VOA: standard.2009.08.23

He has described the attacks, as the "biggest,most complicated and most serious series of murders in the history of Hungarian criminology."

VOA: standard.2009.08.22

(Speaking) He condemned recent statements by Palestinian leaders who praised militants involved in deadly attacks on Israelis and who described them as "martyrs."

VOA: standard.2010.01.10