It acts like the protein that directs cells to self-destruct.

VOA: special.2010.05.19

It was the loss of dignity, self-respect and honor.

VOA: special.2011.05.04

And it promised them self-rule in the future.

VOA: special.2010.07.08

He thought of it as high-minded or self-important.

VOA: special.2010.04.05

It bothered her and she had it fixed, and her self-esteem went up 200 percent once that was fixed."

VOA: standard.2010.07.22

"Actually,I was very self-conscious about playing my own music in those concerts and rarely did it, in the '80s."

VOA: standard.2010.07.28

The UNHCR says it is important to make sure the repatriation of the Mauritanian refugees is sustainable and that the returnees become self-sufficient.

VOA: standard.2009.10.24

The family was told it was inoperable. At school,the bulging tumor made Andrea self-conscious and shy.

VOA: standard.2010.06.30

"The problem with that body of research is that it's difficult to interpret because obviously people with existing mental health problems use cigarettes to self-medicate."

VOA: standard.2010.06.15

But self-described nerd Kenta Asata, said the wait was worth it.

VOA: standard.2010.05.28

So it started as self-defense, but I think some operators, they realized very quickly that with piracy you can earn much more money than you can as a descent fisherman.

VOA: standard.2009.10.30

(...) Steinitz said it is an anti-Semitic resolution in which the same right of self-defense that is allowed to the United States in Afghanistan and Russia in Chechnya is denied to Israel in the Gaza Strip.

VOA: standard.2009.10.18

Besides urging the Obama administration to oppose any further consideration of the Goldstone report in multi-lateral forums, or measures stemming from it, the resolution also reaffirms support for Israel's security and right to self-defense, and its right to defend its citizens from violent militant groups and their state sponsors.

VOA: standard.2009.11.04