Nina Simone later told a reporter that she decided just to try to sound like the famous singer Billie Holiday.

VOA: special.2009.10.04

"No," you say,"it just can't be true! Who told you?" Comes the answer, "I got it by the grapevine."

VOA: special.2009.02.22

Upshur told the Texas representative in Washington that Texas would be given military protection just as soon as the treaty was signed.

VOA: special.2009.02.05

A Confederate soldier told his friend, "Them Yankees are just marching up and being shot to hell."

VOA: special.2009.08.27

He told a crowd of thousands that he and his fellow crew members were just doing the job they were trained to do.

VOA: special.2009.01.30

And some patients were told that the pain was not real, that they were just imagining it or that that they had mental problems.

VOA: special.2011.07.26

The books told young girls that they can be more than just someone's wife or daughter.

VOA: special.2009.08.24

She's beautiful. I just don't think anyone's ever told her so.

VOA: special.2009.04.27

(Sound) She says many thought that only grown-ups have rights and children were just there to do what they are told.

VOA: standard.2009.11.22

Just like athletes and spectators have their special moments at an Olympics, Neirotti beamed when she told about her special moment in Vancouver.

VOA: standard.2010.02.26

"Salvador is a Hispanic kid. He told me he's no wimp, but he was crying - a wimp, I just want to change."

VOA: standard.2010.04.29

- I just asked him. I took control.- I told you that would happen.

VOA: standard.other

The Brussels meeting wasn't just talk, he told reporters, but achieved concrete results.

VOA: standard.2009.03.20

For his part, Besson told the audience the debate was not just about immigration, but also about the place of French citizens at home and in the world.

VOA: standard.2009.12.30