One friend said: "Margaret Mead was not going to let a little thing like death stop her."

VOA: special.2010.01.17

(Laughter) The longer you guys stand there, the longer it's going to take to unload this thing.

VOA: special.2009.03.22

"I think the hardest thing was combining those two things and then figure out what the hell we were going to jettison.

VOA: standard.2010.07.07

"I think that where we are going is to the 'gig' kind of thing."

VOA: standard.2010.07.28

"People think he's going to do the thing in a snap,he cannot do that."

VOA: standard.2010.03.18

We're fortunate enough to play in the NHL,but the Olympics are a really big thing for us and we're really going there to win the gold.

VOA: standard.2010.01.12

Worst case scenario - this thing could keep going on for 90 days."

VOA: standard.2010.05.02

It was during that critical waiting period 10 years ago that Klug decided if he pulled through, he would do everything in his power to help others going through the same thing.

VOA: standard.2010.02.26

I'm going to do this thing. So,that's why I got here." Robert Nephalama,who works at a bank near Johannesburg, wants to make the tournament a once-in-a-lifetime experience for the visitors as well.

VOA: standard.2010.03.26

"The key thing is an economically viable coalition more than one that is reached with great speed - something that is going to reassure the markets that the economic problems are really top of the agenda."

VOA: standard.2010.05.10

That's not what I do. I work with actors," "My proposal to the actors was: 'okay,we're going to be in a room we're going to do this strange thing, but every molecule of what you create will be what your character does.

VOA: standard.2009.12.19

"I want some courage. I want us to do the right thing, Ohio,and with your help we are going to make it happen!" Democrats need every vote to pass Mr.Obama's top domestic priority, and the president did win over one liberal holdout.

VOA: standard.2010.03.18