What's going on now is helping less developed countries like those in East Africa to come up to speed and be prepared for this sort of event,"

VOA: standard.2009.04.28

Yet he says this message is often more scary for people than the idea that leprosy is some sort of spiritual punishment.

VOA: special.2009.10.14

"The sort of foundation product that we serve is lefse, this Norwegian potato flatbread, and I grew up eating that every year at Christmastime.

VOA: special.2011.08.08

I think trying to understand our world is a really complicated endeavor and it's important to have a sort of solid rational approach like science does."

VOA: special.2009.12.01

And what is more worrying is that their concerns are sort of growing."

VOA: special.2010.06.07

Well,sort of.Hanukkah -- the Jewish Festival of Lights -- really is eight days.

VOA: special.2009.12.21

"One thing,unfortunately, that I think we have seen is some of them that are interested and partake of this industry are really,sort of, resisting the progress of women, I guess I would say.

VOA: special.2011.02.14

"All of this is contributing to an underground, sort of 'black' economy, which is very difficult for any of us to measure and gauge.

VOA: standard.2010.06.17

And I think a lot of that previous support is turning to, if not opposition, at least to a sort of weariness and discontent."

VOA: standard.2010.07.30

"And to break records by that sort of margin is something which is extremely rare."

VOA: standard.2009.09.03

The USA House here in Vancouver is a sort of oasis for the U.S.athletes, their families, and the sponsors and donors that keep them in competition.

VOA: standard.2010.02.21

It's done,but it's hard for her to get to the point where everyone is going to accept that and this is the one that it, sort of,happens in."

VOA: standard.2010.07.07

"Should that other scenario, which is not preferable,happen, on that I think a sort of caretaker government has to be put together preferably with not Mr.Karzai at the top."

VOA: standard.2009.09.15

"But they illustrate what I want to try to do in this book,which is to just broaden the thinking to get away from this traditional sort of radio search.

VOA: standard.2010.04.16