Mister Chavez asked that the strikers remain non-violent even though the farm owners and their supporters sometimes used violence.

VOA: special.2009.09.06

John Grogan,his wife Jenny and their three children all loved Marley even though the dog almost destroyed their home a number of times.

VOA: special.2009.02.23

So someone returning from mass displacement, even though I'm sure are thrilled to be going home, they bring with them all sorts of challenges upon their return."

VOA: special.2011.07.06

Sons,though,are often named after their fathers.

VOA: special.2009.07.06

and the forces of nature. I dreaded that first robin so, But he is mastered now, And I'm accustomed to him grown-- He hurts a little though I dared not meet the daffodils, For fear their yellow gown Would pierce me with a fashion So foreign to my own.

VOA: special.2010.07.18

The Tea Party activists are generally targeting Democrats and supporters of President Obama in their rallies, though some critics find their rhetoric harsh and,in some cases,threatening.

VOA: standard.2010.03.28

"That will involve keeping countries happy with the division of labor as regards carbon trading, as regards how much they want to hold back their own industrial development, even though they say particularly many of the EU's new countries that they were poor for a long time, no different than the Chinese, that they have a right to develop their economy, that it is the rich countries in Europe that are more responsible for climate change than they are and they should get special treatment in any kind of EU position."

VOA: standard.2009.10.29