He said life is sometimes really hard, but you can make it a lot better if you try to prepare for it.

VOA: special.2010.05.16

And,skateboarding,I think, is much more available to them and a lot of kids really enjoy that it's different."

VOA: special.2009.09.11

And in the eyes of a lot of Americans, this is not really dealing with the economy.

VOA: special.2010.01.23

"Those two earthquakes really opened up a lot of new research on something called soil liquefaction,in particular.

VOA: special.2011.03.28

That was a really lovely one. It involved a lot of food at that time."

VOA: special.2010.02.08

"They didn't do a lot with really smart girls in literature when I was young.

VOA: special.2009.08.24

"I don't really do a whole lot. I normally just spend time with family, go out to eat,hang out, wait for the ball to drop on TV."

VOA: special.2009.12.28

"Just helping women farmers have the same access to inputs and control of resources that male farmers have would really do a lot in terms of improving agriculture productivity, reducing hunger and malnutrition."

VOA: special.2011.03.22

"What I have seen is a lot of kids really take off because they do have the one-on-one attention and they are up to grade level, if not beyond,as a result of having been in the program."

VOA: special.2010.07.16

As long as I've been here this is the toughest thing that's ever happened to this city and I want to urge everybody out there to give whatever you can - as little as you can or as much as you can - to give something because there's a lot of people really hurting right now.

VOA: special.2010.05.17

"We have been hit really hard by the recession and I think that probably has got a lot to do with it."

VOA: standard.2010.05.04

"They really did debate, there was a lot of substance, there was a very intensive 90 minutes."

VOA: standard.2010.04.22

"I really love the music and you make a lot of friends by it."

VOA: standard.2010.08.02

The agencies say though this may sound like a lot, it really is not, considering that $39 billion will cut child pneumonia deaths by 65 percent by the year 2015.

VOA: standard.2009.11.02