He opened it by telling the children: "The prisons in our country are filled with people who can't read or write or speak well.

VOA: special.2009.04.27

We invite groups from all over the world to come here. And then what kind of performances can we create that are contemporary and speak to a whole new audience."

VOA: special.2009.09.23

One who has kissed the Blarney stone, so the story goes, can speak words of praise so smoothly and sweetly that you believe them, even when you know they are false.

VOA: special.2010.09.26

I believe I can speak for the whole nation when I say this and compliment you for your work.

VOA: standard.2009.04.12

At Northwestern University, researchers recently concluded that well before babies start to speak, they recognize words and can link them to the things they represent.

VOA: standard.2010.05.05

So it really runs to the core question of how independent it can be unless you have independent experts that can speak without fear and favor,".

VOA: standard.2009.10.09

So let us put the guns aside and speak words of wisdom to each other so that we can come to a more amicable solution to the problem."

VOA: standard.2009.12.21

I can speak here from personal experience. If you look me up on Guenter Lewy, Armenian genocide and you look at some of the blogs, you will find a lot of vituperation: you are called a genocide denier on a par with holocaust deniers."

VOA: standard.2010.03.18

"Some of you legitimately may have been surprised that such a strong supporter of Israel,for the last 37 years and beyond, but 37 years as an elected official, how I can speak out so strongly, given the ties that I share as well as my country shares with Israel.

VOA: standard.2010.03.11

"They are doing that because he is popular with their own people,which means that they get some reflected glory at home, and that is where you get (political) leverage, because this is an American leader who can speak over the heads of the domestic leaders, and that is powerful,".

VOA: standard.2009.04.03

No,it's not going to be that. But it does need to basically provide the common talking points so that allied leaders, allied presidents and prime ministers, have on one sheet of paper,one page, a set of common talking points that they can speak from to their people to explain why the alliance matters.

VOA: standard.2010.06.11