And that is something California Assembly member Fiona Ma of San Francisco is working hard to change.

VOA: standard.2010.07.26

That is something to which he has devoted a huge percentage of his adult life."

VOA: standard.2010.04.21

"It is estimated that if we legalize that they will lead to a growth in our economy of $1.5 trillion and that is something that is good for everybody."

VOA: standard.2010.04.12

That is something that we can stop," President Calderon has repeatedly urged the United States to crack down on arms shipments south of its border, saying 90 percent of weapons in the hands of drug traffickers originate in the U.S.

VOA: standard.2009.04.17

"You are always going to have racism, you are always going to have sexism, you are always going to have classism, that is something that we cannot change in one fell swoop, but with work and efforts like what is being done at IMAN, we chip away at that, one person,one character, one idea at a time."

VOA: standard.2010.03.15

The idea is that its removal from the body and purification makes it into something different that can be patented.

VOA: special.2010.04.09

You could work at the bookstore, for example, but not for a construction company that is building something on campus.

VOA: special.2009.01.29

It is not always clear that eating something as harmless as wheat can be bad for a person's health.

VOA: special.2010.06.15

"There is something about that stretch that made me feel so much more vulnerable and susceptible and exposed to the natural conditions.

VOA: special.2011.03.23

Experts say by the time a farmer discovers that something is wrong, it is already too late.

VOA: special.2009.09.21

We asked Frank Oteri if there is something that defines the work of modern American composers.

VOA: special.2010.07.19

Not so hot also is a way of saying that you do not really like something.

VOA: special.2009.12.06

He said he wanted to show average Americans that there is something in poetry for them.

VOA: special.2010.04.05

"I'm at home,digging in the dirt, or doing something that is very close to the Earth, because that's where I know how to survive."

VOA: special.2009.06.07