That was the sort of thing that made a young man with broadcasting stars in his eyes .

VOA: special.2009.08.16

"There's this incredible leap of faith, on the part of the singer, where you're just hoping,sort of,beyond hope, that somehow this works,right?

VOA: special.2011.05.09

Yet he says this message is often more scary for people than the idea that leprosy is some sort of spiritual punishment.

VOA: special.2009.10.14

If you have any sort of a mass or growth in your neck at the same time, that would be very suspicious."

VOA: special.2009.09.02

"I had never done that sort of work, and it was not the right job for me.

VOA: special.2010.08.01

"The sort of foundation product that we serve is lefse, this Norwegian potato flatbread, and I grew up eating that every year at Christmastime.

VOA: special.2011.08.08

But this week, Mr.Obama could report apparent success in a different sort of battle -- against the largest accidental oil spill ever at sea.

VOA: special.2010.08.07

And sort of the same ideas have been confirmed over and over again.

VOA: special.2009.12.01

It was the sort of performance that you do not see very often.

VOA: special.2009.08.05

Well,sort of.Hanukkah -- the Jewish Festival of Lights -- really is eight days.

VOA: special.2009.12.21

There's either the scrap industry where they're shredding cars and shredding tires and there's the refurbished PC market and we're sort of sit right in between both of those."

VOA: special.2010.11.01

"One thing,unfortunately, that I think we have seen is some of them that are interested and partake of this industry are really,sort of, resisting the progress of women, I guess I would say.

VOA: special.2011.02.14

Someone would bring the meat. Someone would bring the dressing. And we would all sort of combine the efforts to have a family Thanksgiving dinner and bring out the good china for that particular event.

VOA: special.2009.11.23

The thing about the Titanic experience, what happened with the Titanic experience and the recognition she got from the New York Times in particular was that it gave her a platform from which to talk about some of the political and social issues -- miners rights,womens rights, the development of the juvenile court system, that sort of thing.

VOA: special.2010.03.08