Now it's high time that we divert from the past or from the notion of liberating the country onto other important things in the economy and education,".

VOA: standard.2009.11.27

"There are several problems with this notion of a failed state," "One of them is that somehow in Mexico,all of a sudden, the government has become heavily corrupted by cartels as if there wasn't corruption in the past.

VOA: standard.2009.12.18

"But I think the committee made a mistake in giving the prize so soon,frankly, because it somewhat discredits and cheapens the whole notion of the Peace Prize because we haven't yet seen if this Obama approach really is going to make a difference in solving problems.

VOA: standard.2009.10.09

Officials here are not volunteering any ringing endorsements of the way President Karzai is handling his job, but they are rejecting the notion that the United States and European allies will push for creation of a new executive post in the Afghan government - a prime minister or a similar mandate - to dilute Mr.Karzai's powers.

VOA: standard.2009.03.23