And some people dream about being somewhere else where it is warm and pretty - like the state of California.

VOA: special.2009.01.26

"It shows mangroves are probably pretty good candidates for things like carbon-market trading to encourage sustainable forest management."

VOA: special.2011.05.10

"No water,no electricity,no food -- pretty apocalyptic really."

VOA: special.2010.07.26

when in fact we have a pretty well-established historical record here that establishes what Stalin did as a leader,"

VOA: standard.2009.11.02

- I thought the salad was pretty good.- Hey, you guys, I'm sorry. I just... Where were you? We left you messages.

VOA: standard.other

It's fun. - What's the problem?- She doesn't like that, man. - You're pretty.- Don't touch me.

VOA: standard.other

After a half-century,the search for extra-terrestrial intelligence, or SETI, has pretty much come up empty.

VOA: standard.2010.04.16

"If you look across the United Nations humanitarian appeals, pretty consistently agriculture gets short-funded."

VOA: standard.2010.07.16

We realized we had to push certain boundaries and there were a few weeks there that were,I have to say, some of the most hard-core filming experiences I have ever had and it was pretty intense."

VOA: standard.2010.02.27

Then the little ones go under the blow dryer. "They are so happy once they're de-oiled and it actually makes you feel pretty good that this part of the operation is being done to save these animals."

VOA: standard.2010.06.08

"The present situation is where religious extremists - whether they be the Taliban or whether they be one of the very many other jihaidst groups that were early on nurtured by the Pakistan army - they are pretty much beyond control now,".

VOA: standard.2009.05.05