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

"In the House of Representatives, it is really a question of whether Obama's Democrats are going to lose 15 seats or 25 seats or the 40 seats necessary for the Republicans to take over."

VOA: standard.2010.03.16

If you stayed only ten minutes in each store, it would take over eighty-six hours to complete your visit.

VOA: special.2010.08.13

Patients from all over the world travel to North Carolina to take part in Duke University studies.

VOA: special.2011.02.01

Scientists say the thinning ozone layer over the South Pole makes climate change take place more quickly than in other areas of the world.

VOA: special.2009.06.03

He said they showed that Iraqis are ready to take over more of their own security.

VOA: special.2009.02.07

William Jennings Bryan, the leader of the Democratic Party, opposed the take-over of the Philippines.

VOA: special.2010.07.22

The sexual tension between him and Catherine starts to take over his life.

VOA: special.2010.03.12

Most of the planet's evaporation and precipitation take place over oceans.

VOA: special.2011.06.22

Cornelius Vanderbilt tried to take over the railroad industry.

VOA: special.2010.02.25

"There's over 800 members who express an interest every year to come on to this and we take 32 per year."

VOA: standard.2010.02.25

He told VOA that Fatah is encouraging Palestinian Muslims to resist what he views as Jewish efforts to take over the compound.

VOA: standard.2009.10.05

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

VOA: standard.2009.06.15

As Geithner explained, the federal government has the power to take over and liquidate failed banks.

VOA: standard.2009.03.24