But Roberto Clemente was loved not only for his ability in sports, but also for the kind of person that he was.

VOA: special.2010.04.11

Republican Senator John McCain, the party's presidential candidate in two thousand eight, praised him for his ability to reach across party lines to pass important legislation.

VOA: special.2009.09.13

Most of his friends believed the shock of losing all his money had taken away his ability to reason and to live in the real world.

VOA: special.2009.12.14

That same year,doctors discovered a deadly brain tumor, which limited his ability to work.

VOA: special.2009.09.13

Many Americans questioned his ability to serve in the White House.

VOA: special.2010.04.29

The disease robbed him of his ability to play piano.

VOA: special.2010.01.24

It also destroyed his ability to write music.

VOA: special.2010.01.24

And I have the utmost faith in his ability to achieve this goal as a central member of our economic team."

VOA: standard.2010.07.13

He says for years Noordin was like a ghost to the people of Indonesia, with his ability to induce fear and elude the authorities.

VOA: standard.2009.09.21

His liberal positions often caused him to clash with conservative lawmakers, but he was also known for his ability to compromise to get laws passed.

VOA: standard.2009.08.29

But recent public opinion polls show him losing support within those groups and many experts say his ability to win back centrist voters could determine whether he will emerge victorious in the health care debate.

VOA: standard.2009.09.28

"This president basically is rolling the dice, he is making the most important decision of his presidency, betting on his ability to work with Pakistan and get this shared problem of the two Talibans under control,".

VOA: standard.2009.12.06

This is presidential historian and author Robert Dallek: "Once the public turns against a war, once it is convinced that you are embarked upon if not a losing enterprise then something that is going to produce a quagmire, it creates tremendous political difficulties for the president and it undermines his credibility, trust in his judgment and his ability to put across his domestic reforms,"

VOA: standard.2009.10.09

Even his strongest critic praised his writing ability, even if they did not agree with what he wrote.

VOA: special.2011.05.01

he wrote about his mother's ability to correctly identify her children's sicknesses when the doctors were wrong.

VOA: special.2009.03.15

Imagine a swimmer in water over his head You are in deep water when you are facing a problem that you do not have the ability to solve.

VOA: special.2009.05.10

OSSIE DAVIS: "Baseball should be taken seriously by the colored player -- and in this effort of his great ability will open the avenue in the near future wherein he may walk hand in hand with the opposite race in the greatest of all American games -- baseball."

VOA: special.2009.04.05

Spearmon talks about his race. "Before the race I felt kind of tired and I ran to the best of ability.

VOA: standard.2009.08.21

Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell of Kentucky expressed his disappointment with Specter's decision, saying it could undermine Republicans' ability to put a check on the Democratic majority.

VOA: standard.2009.04.28

Dr.Kahn says this data shows that more attention should be paid to the ability of the patient to tolerate the drug, rather than his or her age.

VOA: standard.2010.03.18