The circus has been popular for so long that it is not surprising that words and expressions connected with it are part of everyday speech.

VOA: special.2009.01.11

A friend of Webster's described the meeting in these words: "Mister Clay came to Mister Webster's house and had a long talk with him about the best way to settle the difficulties growing out of slavery and the new territories.

VOA: special.2009.03.26

His words were meant to allay any fears conjured up by Thursday's hour-long show of China's military strength.

VOA: standard.2009.10.01

After an hour-long service of words both sacred and nostalgic and of course,music, the world finally said goodbye to the legendary Lena Horne.

VOA: standard.2010.05.15

He says there is nothing new in the American position and that he expects a pretty calm reaction from Russia as long as the United States does not turn words into action.

VOA: standard.2010.07.05

"We've heard the words he spoke on behalf of the world's number one democracy, he said - we've been waiting for these words for a long and he should know that the has friends and that Europe will from now on be an even stronger pillar that he can count on,".

VOA: standard.2009.04.04