But some experts point out the lack of such "open access" rules for telephone and cable companies.

VOA: special.2010.03.19

Margaret Smith, a leader in Washington society at that time, wrote a letter describing the scene: Ladies fainted, men were seen with bloody noses and such a scene of confusion took place as is impossible to describe - those who got in could not get out by the door again, but had to scramble out of windows.

VOA: special.2009.01.19

With such growing clout, some believe the Obama administration has gone out of its way to avoid offending Beijing.

VOA: standard.2009.11.10

The challenge is to pick out oil from other dark spots, such as shadows made by clouds or patches of seaweed.

VOA: standard.2010.07.05

The Karzai campaign denies such charges and accuses the Abdullah camp of carrying out fraud on election day.

VOA: standard.2009.08.23

But as analysts Charles Kupchan of the Council on Foreign Relations points out, security and political considerations rule out such an option in Pakistan.

VOA: standard.2009.09.09

"And,when you get the sense of cooperation and common goals, common purposes among the people here today, you cannot help but see that this is something positive growing out of something that is such a tragedy."

VOA: standard.2009.10.19

Some centrist Democrats, such as Senator Claire McCaskill of Missouri, also criticized the way the president rolled out the new defense plan, and some questioned the intelligence behind the change in strategy to focus moreon short and mid-range missiles from Iran.

VOA: standard.2009.09.24

"It actually happened to me yesterday, I was at a job fair, that was the first thing out of the recruiter's mouth: 'oh,you have such an impressive resume,'" "And I don't want to dummy myself down so I put exactly what I have done and what I have achieved and what my titles were.

VOA: standard.2010.07.28