He would try to explain it this way when students asked for a top grade just for studying hard in chemistry class: What if a baseball player came to spring training and worked harder than all the others, but still could not play well.

VOA: special.2009.03.12

He suggests his opponent may just servethe interests of the Social Democrats, who he claims try to have a remote control over the presidency.

VOA: standard.2009.12.28

"I chose to try to make progress, and the concept of burning down a building or lighting a torch just seemed to me to be essentially crazy.

VOA: standard.2010.04.16

"I wish there were more people like him putting a spotlight on how important it is to volunteer, to just help one another, try to put yourself in somebody else's position."

VOA: standard.2010.07.06

U.S.officials are concerned such a prolonged political process will create an opening for al-Qaida to try to foment ethnic strife, just as tens of thousands of U.S.troops are scheduled to be leaving Iraq.

VOA: standard.2009.12.12

The dogs pick up on that." "They know that their owner has just dissociated and a lot of them will just spontaneously nudge their owners to try to kind of get them back to consciousness."

VOA: standard.2010.05.18