"I never done it in my life - I don't,know kind of hard, that's why I am still here - unemployed."

VOA: standard.2010.05.15

Basically, Michael Jackson's music probably went beyond his music videos, and that's why it connected with people over here."

VOA: standard.2009.06.26

And that's why we are here to present our culture to the people of the world."

VOA: standard.2010.02.19

"And Quentin,with his unorthodox methods of navigation, this fearless explorer took this ship across and brought it in with flying colors, and that's why I'm here."

VOA: standard.2010.03.08

He's come to Rome for answers. "That's why we're here - to say,look these men in our community our fellow survivors, they deserve an answer from you."

VOA: standard.2010.04.01

I'm going to do this thing. So,that's why I got here." Robert Nephalama,who works at a bank near Johannesburg, wants to make the tournament a once-in-a-lifetime experience for the visitors as well.

VOA: standard.2010.03.26

"A lot of units from different areas, different parts of the country have to integrate,work as a team, and that's why we come here to practice because we need to be ready in case something does happen."

VOA: standard.2010.07.21

"Everybody used that picture as a motivational tool of why we're truly here, because regardless of what's going on and how devastating it is, there are still people that recognize and believe that the Comfort is here to help them."

VOA: standard.2010.03.26

And you're trying to deal with, 'Oh,my gosh,there's the war, and this friend of our family has been killed,' or 'Do I want to go to the prom?'" And then, walking with my Marine father, wounded Marine, that's why he wasn't active duty, walking with him,and here he's a football coach at Cal , so if we go to an athletic event, there would be people painting their signs over in a corner of the parking lot or something and I'd be walking along and I'd be thinking that it was my job to protect my dad from the protesters.

VOA: standard.2010.05.31