One week after Clay first proposed the compromise, he rose in the Senate to speak in its defense.

VOA: special.2009.03.19

But I think as time went on after the Rose Revolution, I think he wanted to perpetuate this kind of system in which there was really absence of checks and balances, no real opposition included in the political process very much sort of governing by committee of the inner circle, of loyal allies around the president.

VOA: standard.2009.09.01

Known as Ted or Teddy, he was the youngest of nine children born to the Irish Catholic family of Joseph and Rose Kennedy.

VOA: special.2009.09.13

Hell notify the life-saving people. Slowly and beautifully, the land rose from the sea.

VOA: special.2010.03.06

When he opened it, I saw a large diamond shaped like a rose.

VOA: special.2009.07.25

His voice rose as he finished.

VOA: special.2009.04.02

Five years ago,he won 96 percent of the ballots cast, following a popular movement known as the "Rose Revolution" that forced the resignation of the incumbent, Eduard Shevardnadze.

VOA: standard.2009.09.01