But he did not want her to say. He took the thingsOlive carried and asked her to sit down.

VOA: special.2010.01.09

During one event, she noted that German prisoners of war were permitted to sit closer to the stage than black soldiers.

VOA: special.2010.05.23

They say passengers who sit for hours need to drink plenty of water not liquids that contain alcohol or caffeine.

VOA: special.2009.07.14

People also sit on the beach and on rocks in the fishing village of Menemsha to watch the sunsets.

VOA: special.2011.07.25

And I tend to sit down and improvise. Within those improvisations certain motives and ideas will come about that I like."

VOA: special.2010.07.19

And so he never done nothing for three months but sit in his back yard and teach that frog to jump.

VOA: special.2009.08.29

Most American girls at the beginning of the twentieth century were taught to sit quietly and speak softly.

VOA: special.2010.05.26

But first, a report on the anniversary of the Greensboro sit-in and the opening of a civil rights museum to honor it.

VOA: special.2010.01.29

However,black people sitting in that part of the bus were expected to leave their seats if a white person wanted to sit there.

VOA: special.2009.03.08

Late in nineteen thirty-five, workers at several General Motors factories began a "sit-down" strike at their machines to demand better pay and working conditions.

VOA: special.2011.03.31

These laws forced black people to attend separate schools, live in separate areas of a city and sit in separate areas on a bus.

VOA: special.2009.03.08

It permitted them to sit at home and hear what was happening in other areas.

VOA: special.2010.01.31

The bus driver demanded that all four black people leave their seats so the white person would not have to sit next to any of them.

VOA: special.2009.03.08

Now Smiley had caught another frog and gave it to the man and said, "Now sit him next to Dan'l and I will give the word."

VOA: special.2009.08.29