A brown out is an expression for a reduction in electric power.

VOA: special.2009.11.15

The ship's captain sent out a historic message: "Underway on nuclear power."

VOA: special.2010.06.11

He was afraid beyond the power to cry out or move.

VOA: special.2009.10.31

"We are aware of the imperialists and, in particular,of the West giving them money to take liberation movements out of power."

VOA: standard.2010.04.04

You're using a lot of power out of your legs and bringing it up through your torso as you pull through.

VOA: standard.2010.08.03

He condemned the government crackdown against unarmed protesters and said he did not know how the power struggle would pan out.

VOA: standard.2010.01.04

And nearly three-out-of-five believe the war against the insurgency cannot be won with military power.

VOA: standard.2009.08.02

We'll want to have an endless spread out Internet for power systems, with all kinds of people pushing power from their rooftops down the grid."

VOA: standard.2010.04.21

When reminded that the sanctions targeted him and his inner circle he pointed out that he was still in power but the country's ordinary people were suffering.

VOA: standard.2009.09.12

Regional experts say the Afghan Taliban was able to rise to power in the 1990s after the Soviets withdrew from Afghanistan and the United States largely pulled out of the region.

VOA: standard.2010.07.20

(SAYING) He says he was shocked to learn that when the Khmer Rouge took power,they emptied out the capital Phnom Penh at gun point and sent millions of people, including the old and sick, to toil in the countryside.

VOA: standard.2010.04.19

"One of the jobs of the president, whether you are named Bush or Obama, is to go out there and reassure people and to show you are in charge and to send a signal to potential enemies out there that this will not be tolerated by any American leader, and they did not project that power effectively,".

VOA: standard.2010.01.06

I mean,how can we say that we want Karzai to do something about his brother's alleged narcotics activities, while apparently the CIA has been paying the same brother?" Former U.S.ambassador to Afghanistan Ronald Neumann tells VOA he believes President Karzai to be a decent man, but points out that he does not have a great deal of actual power outside of Kabul and has to be very careful about alienating some people.

VOA: standard.2009.11.17