Smith-Valade emphasized that with great teamwork, anyone who is speaking on behalf of the organizing committee is well prepared.

VOA: standard.2010.02.25

(Speaking) Mayor Bandic says Croatia needs an independent candidate like himself who,he says, knows the life of ordinary people.

VOA: standard.2009.12.28

Speaking from a parliament building, Otunbayeva demanded the resignation of President Kurmanbek Bakiyev, who has fled the capital.

VOA: standard.2010.04.08

(SPEAKING) This divide,says Ben, is exacerbated on purpose by politicians who play political games.

VOA: standard.2010.03.17

Bullock,speaking backstage, had advice for aspiring actors who hope to follow her example.

VOA: standard.2010.03.08

(SPEAKING) Nujood,who regularly appears at anti-child marriage rallies, says when she grows up, she wants to be a lawyer to help other little girls escape her fate.

VOA: standard.2010.03.27

After almost two weeks of nearly constant criticism from minority Republicans who said he wasn't speaking out strongly enough, President Obama received some praise from the Republican leader in the House of Representatives.

VOA: standard.2009.06.23

women making up more than half of the U.S.population while occupying only 17 percent of the seats in U.S Congress, and constituting less than three percent of Fortune 500 company chief executive officers (SPEAKING) Madeleine Albright, who served as Secretary of State during the Clinton administration, pointed to the challenges women still face globally in achieving the same basic rights and dignity as men.

VOA: standard.2010.03.08