I did not intend to fight unless it became necessary in self-defense and in the performance of official duty.

VOA: special.2010.02.15

They were not ready for self-government. So,there was nothing for us to do but to take them all.

VOA: special.2010.07.22

Her real self was not Eartha Kitt but Eartha Mae, a child given away by her mother.

VOA: special.2009.06.07

The killer murdered someone, not in self-defense, or because he was reacting to anger or fear.

VOA: special.2009.12.13

If not,the thinking goes, then self-interest will lead to overuse and destruction of shared resources.

VOA: special.2009.10.16

And third,he could not be guilty of murder, because he had killed only in self-defense.

VOA: special.2009.07.02

Some people however, are not so self-centered.

VOA: special.2010.09.12

That's not going to help them at all, because you have to start with your natural self and grow from that.

VOA: standard.2010.07.22

The OIC undertaking is ambitious, it involves not just rebuilding, but in many cases building for the first time the infrastructure that could make Darfur self-sustaining.

VOA: standard.2010.03.21

The self proclaimed mastermind of the September 11 attacks may not have his day in court in New York,just minutes from where the Twin Towers once stood.

VOA: standard.2010.01.30

So unless we see the big countries in East Asia rebalancing away from exports and toward domestic demand, we are not going to generate a self-sustaining global economic recovery."

VOA: standard.2010.02.26