He only wanted a chance to be useful.

VOA: special.2009.06.04

She says health facilities are a fundamental part of community life and it is important they are designed to be useful in case of emergency.

VOA: standard.2009.10.14

"What we've proven to be useful and what does work is having a person in a stressed state, and then reducing that stress because it's that contrast is what motivates a person to cooperate, what motivates a person to start talking.

VOA: standard.2009.04.17

Instead,she said people with mental disabilities needed to be treated as useful citizens and given special education and training.

VOA: special.2009.08.23

"When those products are at the end of their useful life, how are they going to be broken down?

VOA: special.2010.01.08

Lena Horne later said that she first became involved with Lennie Hayton because she thought he could be useful to her career.

VOA: special.2010.05.23

My bikes wouldn't fetch a nice price and wouldn't be worth trying to sell, but they could be useful to somebody else."

VOA: special.2009.11.16

It is also useful because the mold can be used over and over again to make exact copies of the ceramic form.

VOA: special.2009.09.09

It is said to be most-useful to athletes in endurance sports such as cycling and distance-running.

VOA: special.2011.04.12

He realized that this "teach-in" method would be a useful way for the public to express concern about the environment to federal and state officials.

VOA: special.2010.04.21

Their building can bend,move, and change to be more useful in its setting in Tokyo,Japan.

VOA: special.2010.03.31

Jennifer Bemisderfer says this involves thinking about a product's whole lifetime: "When those products are at the end of their useful life, how are they going to be broken down?

VOA: special.2010.01.26

To ensure that a child stays in school and succeeds in school, she said,education must be useful.

VOA: standard.2010.05.19

I think it's very useful. It may not be immediately apparent to people in Darfur, but in the end it is a contribution towards a solution to their problem."

VOA: standard.2009.10.23