"I was actually really lousy in science class." "So now I'm picking up the information as I can get it."

VOA: standard.2010.05.04

That sums up much of NATO's strategy for Afghanistan: Get Afghans working so they can sustain their own country.

VOA: standard.2010.07.06

"So many times,football teams get caught up with the game not unfolding the way they envisioned it unfolding,".

VOA: standard.2009.12.24

Lieutenant Dan was alwaysgetting these funny feelings about a rock or a trailor the road, so he'd tell usto get down, shut up.

VOA: standard.other

"I don't want to get people's hopes up and they get so profoundly disappointed it is going to be tough, but nothing is impossible."

VOA: standard.2010.04.12

It's not a daily thing. They have something called passeggiata, so after every dinner they get up as a family and they go for a walk."

VOA: standard.2010.02.23

We have corporate challenges where everybody who has signed up gets put on a team at random, so you get to meet new people and try and succeed.

VOA: standard.2010.07.16

"So what you get may be cost, but what you give up may be the on-going relationship, the communication, the follow-up care, and things,traditionally, American patients have held very dear."

VOA: standard.2010.04.08

"The gold price has gone up so high, so what you normally get for 100 pounds earlier, you don't get that much for the same amount, they get a better thing for the same price when it comes to diamond,".

VOA: standard.2009.10.17

"For me,I think it was more difficult because I dealt with the guilt of missing my child, having him so far away, then always trying to get home on the weekends to see him, as well as keeping up with school and remaining active,"

VOA: standard.2009.12.04

I played Tennis tournaments all over the place and I met new people and make connections and stuff and something that Tennis helped me with is coming to the United States, as you might already know that it is expensive especially for an international student to go to college here in the United States and with the scholarship that I get through Tennis it helps me a lot, so Tennis has opened up many doors for me for opportunities."

VOA: standard.2009.12.14