On the same evening that the spirit of Leeuwenhoek tells me the secret of the perfect lens, I find the diamond I need to create it.

VOA: special.2009.07.25

She was never happy with her school work until she thought it was perfect.

VOA: special.2010.04.25

It has eight hectares of perfect rows of grapevines.

VOA: special.2009.07.14

It was the perfect job.

VOA: special.2009.01.30

"I wasn't gone.I was alive in my own perfect world, but in my heart I knew it wasn't perfect.

VOA: standard.2010.01.08

It is not a perfect contraceptive." And May adds, women still face barriers to full reproductive rights.

VOA: standard.2010.05.12

"It is not perfect, but then there is no country that has a perfect system."

VOA: standard.2009.09.24

Perfect. Yeah, it's just becauseI know that you guys don't eat...

VOA: standard.other

It may look like a perfect winter holiday scene.

VOA: standard.2009.12.25

"But I think it's another thing when you retire and you sit back and you see how many perfect games have been thrown in the history and your name's in there.

VOA: standard.2009.07.24

"I think it's another thing when you sit back and retire and you see how many perfect games have been thrown in history and your name is in there, I think that's when I will sit back and kind of be surprised."

VOA: standard.2009.12.24

I looked and I said,hey, that's skateboarding on snow. That's perfect for me." And he's still at it 27 years later in a career that has included not only injuries like a broken collar bone, broken ankles and torn knee ligaments, but also a liver transplant.

VOA: standard.2010.02.26

The Syrians straddle the fence between the order of conservative nations on the one hand and this alliance with Iran on the other and it would make perfect sense for Bashar al-Assad to pose as the mediator with the Iranians, which means: hey,if you folks think I'm bad, think of the Iranians,they're much worse, but I have credit in their bank and I can deal with the Iranians."

VOA: standard.2009.03.18