"I'm at home,digging in the dirt, or doing something that is very close to the Earth, because that's where I know how to survive."

VOA: special.2009.06.07

But if any schools do have to close, then the hope is to keep children learning for example, through phone calls or over the Internet.

VOA: special.2009.08.13

For example,a W.H.O.statement urged nations not to close their borders or limit trade and travel.

VOA: special.2009.07.14

The report shows that in two thousand seven, seven out of ten children lived in developing countries that had met or were close to meeting that goal.

VOA: special.2010.04.26

This year,none of the major Muslim holidays are close to Easter or Passover.

VOA: special.2011.04.22

They felt the proposals were too close to socialism or communism.

VOA: special.2010.06.10

much like a dog on Earth. I walked close to the creature and began speaking in much the same way I would speak to a dog or other animal on Earth.

VOA: special.2010.07.17

The political analyst believes Cairo would be better off to focus on issues close to home, whether successful or not.

VOA: standard.2009.11.03

"Whenever there is an operation close to the border area where there is a possibility of either exchange of firing or crossing.

VOA: standard.2009.07.04

"More often than not they are closely related to them or are close friends of the family."

VOA: standard.2009.08.21

For serious action fans, this convention is as close as some will get to meeting their real-life super heroes - or just acting like one.

VOA: standard.2010.07.23

He noted the United States is in the process of moving millions of pieces of equipment from Iraq, and continues to close or turn over military bases to Iraqi government troops.

VOA: standard.2010.08.02

"One of the worst things about human trafficking it is that the people who actually are the traffickers or who become the middle-men for the traffickers are very,very close to the victims of trafficking,".

VOA: standard.2009.08.21

"He was telling me I need to finish second, and he was also telling me 'Don't step on the line,' and he was also telling me, 'Just try to stay close.' They shot the gun and I saw him for about maybe two or three seconds.

VOA: standard.2009.08.21