He also believed pro-slavery extremists would use Lincoln's election as an excuse to take Southern states out of the union.

VOA: special.2009.07.09

"In short,our goal is to get G.M.back on its feet, take a hands-off approach and get out quickly."

VOA: special.2009.06.05

"They arrived in a cardboard take-out box similar to when you get Chinese food to bring home."

VOA: special.2010.04.12

But word leaked out that it was to take place in the town of Rhinebeck, about a two-hour drive from New York City.

VOA: special.2010.08.09

Out-going president Andrew Johnson refused to take part in the ceremony.

VOA: special.2010.02.11

The president went out of his way to assure them that he does not support a government take-over.

VOA: standard.2009.06.15

This is trying to bring security to a hamlet - we pull out, the hamlet no longer has security, and the Taliban take over.

VOA: standard.2009.09.09

a medium-term phase out of what they call inefficient fossil fuel subsidies, although this would take into account what they call vulnerable groups and their development needs.

VOA: standard.2010.06.27

The alleged use of special operations troops in the raid could signal a shift away from the controversial U.S.tactic of relying on long-range missile assaults to take out terrorist targets.

VOA: standard.2009.09.15

"As I've said from the day I took office, it's going to take months, even years, to dig our way out - and it's going to require an all-hands-on-deck effort."

VOA: standard.2010.07.03

But there should not be war." One thing nearly all South Koreans agree on is the devastating human toll that all-out war would take on the peninsula,recalling - from direct experience or their education - that one and a half million civilians died during the three-year Korean War.

VOA: standard.2010.05.27