As officials describe it, they lost him for a time.

VOA: special.2010.05.08

Captain Camara says politicians seems so afraid of the support that he is receiving, it is as if they are lost.

VOA: standard.2009.08.25

They fought their brothers because it was their job as soldiers, but,Johnson says, the irony was not lost on them.

VOA: standard.2009.11.25

It's hard work done with basic tools. But many farmers lost the tools they need in January's earthquake.

VOA: standard.2010.04.02

Opposition Republicans claim more than three million jobs have been lost since the bill's passage, and they say it contributes to the nation's soaring debt.

VOA: standard.2010.06.18

"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

"Partly because, while personal counseling and a personal coach might be the Cadillac version of weight loss maintenance, it may not be practical for all people after they've lost weight, whereas if an Internet website can prove to be helpful, something like an Internet website is available.

VOA: standard.2010.07.30

"In Europe and also here increasingly in the U.S., they are talking as if we had basically lost it and the main question was talking to the Taliban and settling to some degree on their terms, whereas we still have not tried - and I think it would be worth trying for a year, at least,or two - to address the causes as to why the Taliban has become relatively popular, or at least relatively accepted,"

VOA: standard.2009.03.11