It made his uniform seem as if it belonged to a general.

VOA: special.2009.12.14

It seemed as if someone had made a terrible mistake.

VOA: special.2010.07.15

And because most of the new immigrants are people of color, cultural adjustments must be made by all groups in America if we are to learn to live together as one nation."

VOA: special.2011.03.20

So they were silent. Oh,well, said the captain, Well get ashore all right. But there was something in his voice that made them think, as the sailor said: Yes,if this wind holds! Seagulls flew near and far.

VOA: special.2010.03.06

He says American forces will be able to defeat the Taliban and al-Qaida in Afghanistan as they made significant gains against insurgents in Iraq if the president sends enough troops and other resources to do the job.

VOA: standard.2009.09.22

"It has become increasingly clear that Tony Blair misled parliament on more than one occasion and I think that MPs were invited to make their own judgment on the merits of the case for war and they were entitled to do so on the truth and it looks very much as though that the truth was withheld from parliament and many MPs may well have made a different decision if they had had the full unvarnished truth,".

VOA: standard.2009.12.13