Step it up! Look alive out there. The good thing about Vietnam is there was alwayssomeplace to go.

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Now we don't have to go to South Africa." It's not a walk on the wild side, but there are animals here,sort of.

VOA: standard.2010.08.09

So if any ice were to wind up there, it really wouldn't go anywhere.

VOA: standard.2009.12.24

While Iraq still has a long way to go before it reaches stability, there is a certain sense of satisfaction in how the elections were conducted.

VOA: standard.2010.03.08

If you are not religious, you can imagine something else. And if you don't believe there is anything there at all then probably it is not the movie you should go see,I guess."

VOA: standard.2010.01.08

"Because there are only a couple of previous records of eruption at this particular volcano, it is difficult to judge either how long the activity will go on there, or how long the volcano might then be dormant before it goes active again."

VOA: standard.2010.04.15

"But,it puts us in a very awkward position because,if we cannot go there ourselves to see what they are doing, to whom they are distributing and what criteria they are using, how much they are keeping for themselves, how much is getting lost, we start losing control over it,"

VOA: standard.2009.08.07

"It's important for many reasons, really,to give the confidence to the ground teams -- all our American GIs as well as our coalition partners on the ground -- that if they do get injured, there's somebody to go get them, whether it's in a benign situation or in the middle of a firefight."

VOA: standard.2010.04.27

"Going out there, getting on the podiumand then watching two American flags go up while the national anthem was playing, and then to turn and there was like - it seemed like two or three seconds, but it was probably two-10ths where Johnny and I made eye contact - it was like 'We did it,'" Shortly after winning his gold medal, the 29-year-old Demong surprised his girlfriend Katie Koczynski by proposing at the post-race celebration.

VOA: standard.2010.02.27