The president thinks that Eric Holder, who he appointed as a very independent attorney general, should make those decisions."

VOA: standard.2009.08.24

He says he thinks that Dostoevsky isn't a very popular author now and that people like to read Tolstoy more.

VOA: standard.2010.07.10

Vivian Fung thinks that audiences will be surprised - and pleased - by the fusion of East and West, and old and new.

VOA: standard.2010.07.01

(Speaking) As Komorowski told Polish television, he thinks that problems begin when politicians become more concerned about winning than about serving the state.

VOA: standard.2010.06.17

She thinks that with each coming generation, her descendants' quality of life will continue to improve.

VOA: standard.2009.09.28

He thinks that the electoral law is an "existential issue" affecting all Iraqis, as well as the future of the country and should not be rushed to a vote.

VOA: standard.2009.10.26

But Geyersbach thinks that option is not likely to be realized.

VOA: standard.2009.09.28

He thinks that last month - on the one-year anniversary of widespread street protests in Iran- many journalists there were reliving some of the stress of last year's election crisis.

VOA: standard.2010.07.01

"It's a long awaited step." Paul Salem,who heads the Beirut-based Carnegie Middle East Center, thinks that President Obama's trip to Cairo is likely to have positive reverberations across the Arab world.

VOA: standard.2009.05.09

(...) He says he thinks that it is good that the Obama administration is seeking to get firsthand knowledge of the effects that the war against terrorism is causing the U.S.ally.

VOA: standard.2009.10.30

Salem also thinks that the recent improvement of relations between the United States and regional powers, as well as relations among those regional powers, should impact positively on Iraq's geo-political situation.

VOA: standard.2009.10.26

Ali Nourizadeh of the London-based Center for Arab and Iranian Studies says Iran thinks that by spending $50 million it can rival Western broadcasters, but he doubts it will succeed: "The Iranians know the effect of international media, especially those Farsi-speaking media like Voice of America and the BBC.

VOA: standard.2009.11.16

Damascus has steadfastly denied the charges. Hilal Kashan, professor of political science at the American University of Beirut, thinks that the Hezbollah-led opposition scored a big victory with the general's release and could win the parliamentary elections because of it:"The opposition is using the release of the 4 senior officers as a moral victory, and says for the past 3 years and 8 months, four officers were jailed for no reason, whatsoever and they are coming hard on the Lebanese legal system and the process the Lebanese government, and they say this is the beginning,"

VOA: standard.2009.04.30

South Dakota takes its nickname, "The Coyote State," from an animal that thinks flickertails are good to eat!

VOA: special.2009.08.09