The most difficult national problem facing the administration of President Franklin Pierce was the situation in Kansas.

VOA: special.2009.05.07

This is the situation in one of Wharton's most popular books, "Ethan Frome,"

VOA: special.2010.10.24

Masud says the situation has most people in the UAE feeling vulnerable.

VOA: standard.2009.12.02

"Manifest destiny,and so forth. And I think most of the world probably feels it is in the same situation as Astrix and his village Gaullois in that we can identify with that sense of wanting to hold out and resist against the encroaching powers.

VOA: standard.2009.10.22