The crews' efforts put out about seven hundred Kuwaiti fires.

VOA: special.2009.03.22

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

Mr.Obama defended his efforts to strengthen the U.S.economy, which included unpopular moves to bail out banks and rescue automakers.

VOA: standard.2010.01.22

However,I am extremely concerned that moving this bill out of committee will undermine President Obama's diplomatic efforts."

VOA: standard.2009.10.28

Despite Janice Abbott's and Cherry Kingsley's efforts, the Living Library faces challenges in getting its message out.

VOA: standard.2010.02.23

"I don't think it is surprising that al-Qaida would want to shift attention away from the president's historic efforts, and continued efforts, to reach out and have an open dialogue with the Muslim world,"

VOA: standard.2009.06.03

Pakistan is an ally in the U.S.-led war against terrorism and has been under pressure from Washington to intensify efforts to root out extremists blamed for launching attacks on coalition forces across the border in Afghanistan.

VOA: standard.2009.12.11

Scotland's most senior prosecutor Elish Angiolini maintains a court is the only appropriate forum for determining guilt or innocence and she says she deplores Megrahi's efforts to put his information out into the public domain via the Internet.

VOA: standard.2009.09.19