But Johnson refused to stand aside in the face of radical attempts to seize all powers of government.

VOA: special.2010.01.28

They have roots that stand in saltwater and look like cablesor ropes laid one on top of another.

VOA: special.2010.04.20

He would often stand on the deck of his ship, in the cold rain and fierce winds.

VOA: special.2009.12.23

She was beating the dogs, trying to make them stand in front of the snow sleds.

VOA: special.2010.02.27

If you stand under a skylight in the Visitor Center, you can see the bronze statue of Freedom high up on the dome outside.

VOA: special.2010.01.27

Hippopotamuses like to stand in the grass and eat most of the day.

VOA: special.2009.08.19

So instead of watching bullying take place or joining in with the bullying, these programs teach bystanders how to stand up and be supportive of the kids who are being victimized and to say 'You know we don't do that here, we don't engage in those behaviors.'" Professor Swearer advises parents and teachers to try to get children to talk to them about being bullied.

VOA: special.2010.05.06

"We have not shied away from raising the difficult problems that exist and stand in the way of the people of Africa realizing their potential.

VOA: standard.2009.08.16

Several miles off the Eastern Louisiana coast these barrier islands are all that stand between treasured wetland habitats and the giant oil slick adrift in the Gulf of Mexico.

VOA: standard.2010.05.09

One of his first declarations was that no one in his ruling council would stand as a candidate in elections because the military had no wish to cling to power.

VOA: standard.2009.08.25

"We stand with the people of Pakistan, and are looking to be helpful in any way we can to the Pakistani people who are affected by this truly horrendous flooding."

VOA: standard.2010.08.02

In recent years Senator Kennedy was a vocal critic of Bush administration policies in Iraq, its stand on interrogation techniques used on suspected terrorists and its prosecution of the war on terror.

VOA: standard.2009.08.26

Both sons look back with pride at their fathers. Both are also working to overcome suspicions that stand in the way of renewed U.S.-Russian cooperation to meet challenges that could confront their children.

VOA: standard.2010.05.07

"I think the problems we see here and there should be seen in the broader political context, and the fundamental solution to our problems,as they stand now, is opening the political space,and also in terms of reconciliation and amnesty."

VOA: standard.2009.12.23

In comments introducing the annual report, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said the United States will always stand against religious-based discrimination and persecution, but that it strongly disagrees with those who would combat such problems by curbing free speech.

VOA: standard.2009.10.26

"It is for the BBC, knowing that the party was allowed to stand in the European elections and other elections, then to judge their level of support, to then say, it is therefore fair for them to have a place on Question Time to be challenged along side other political parties as well.

VOA: standard.2009.10.23

Kaitlin Horst is the cemetery's spokeswoman. "As Americans, I think we have a sense of pride, pride in our country, pride in what we stand for and we also have a sense of pride in our military - what our military has done over the course of our nation's history, to defend the rights and freedoms that we hold dear."

VOA: standard.2010.05.26