It seemed to Jefferson that the Count had gone out of his way to speak of natural wonders in America as if they were unimportant.

VOA: special.2010.08.08

"And,if I may put it that way, a disproportionately large part of the forthcoming budget would be allocated for growth in the North and East."

VOA: standard.2009.11.09

"Rather than have Brazil retaliate against us, the U.S.has found a way to bribe Brazil,if you will, to not impose that retaliation in exchange for various things the U.S.says it will do."

VOA: standard.2010.04.28

"I think these things can move in parallel. Obviously,it would be easier if these things had come out in a different way, and been conducted without the kind of irregularities that have been identified,"

VOA: standard.2009.10.20

Sana'a University Economics Professor Taha al-Fusail says the energy sector may be a lifeline, but Yemen needs to diversify its economy if it wants to grow in a way that will fund the government and feed the people.

VOA: standard.2010.04.20

"I would imagine that if he runs his cabinet meetings or his meetings with his advisors in the same way he ran his classroom, no one gets to coast and keep their mouth shut and agree at the end,"

VOA: standard.2010.01.16

Does it need refinement in some way?" "And if it does need some adjustment in light of the events that have taken place over the last number of months, including the election and so on, and then what are the implications of that in terms of General McChrystal's resource request?" The secretary said the United States will not abandon its core mission in Afghanistan, which President Obama described as the destruction of the al-Qaida terrorist network, because it is "critical" to U.S.national security.

VOA: standard.2009.10.23