It is a way for people to establish their identities in often unfriendly areas as they struggle to hold their communities together.

VOA: special.2009.02.22

I remember my father drove a bus and my mother was a waitress, and so we often didn't get to have Thanksgiving together.

VOA: special.2009.11.23

Samuel Bader,a physicist at the Argonne National Laboratory near Chicago, says rare earths are often found together.

VOA: special.2010.10.08

Often,members of a fraternity or sorority live together in a large house on campus.

VOA: special.2009.09.25

This means that people who are alike often become friends or spend time together.

VOA: special.2009.03.01

The four often performed together while the horn players in the band rested.

VOA: special.2009.03.01

The couple traveled together often.

VOA: special.2009.01.11

Often neighbors take several trips together each year, sharing gasoline costs, home-cooked meals - not to mention laughs and memories.

VOA: standard.2010.03.01

He believes there is little political will for that. Germans often talk of solidarity within society roughly meaning, everyone is in it together that everyone has responsibilities and no one should get left out.

VOA: standard.2009.09.28