These professional criminals often used force to take what they wanted -- cows,horses or money.

VOA: special.2010.03.10

Nine days after take-off, Voyager landed smoothly at Edwards Air Force Base in California.

VOA: special.2010.10.06

Or whether you take a very hard line against them to try to force changes coming in from below within the government.

VOA: standard.2009.08.14

"I think the most important thing we can politically is to force the leaders to take seriously the problems we are facing."

VOA: standard.2009.12.06

But the council reserved its harshest criticism for Israeli actions, saying Israel used disproportionate force and failed to take adequate measures to protect civilians during its campaign to silence Hamas rocket attacks.

VOA: standard.2009.11.04

The head of Mauritania's democratic opposition, Ahmed Ould Dadah, says General Aziz's candidacy is illegal even if he resigns his military commission because Mauritanian law prohibits those who take power by force from runningin the next election.

VOA: standard.2009.03.29