Tired of waiting, he told the ground crew: "Why don't you fellows solve your little problems and light this candle."

VOA: special.2009.06.17

Julius so liked the work of Raphael that he told the artist to remove earlier paintings in the Pope's living areas.

VOA: special.2010.02.03

He told the president, "You do not know the dishonest purposes of those men as well as I do."

VOA: special.2009.08.13

He told the story of Roy Brown, who was found guilty of murder and who also attended the hearing.

VOA: special.2009.10.03

The Saudi government told the country's three mobile phone operators to stop BlackBerry service for businesses and individuals this Friday.

VOA: special.2010.08.06

They told the commander they thought they were west of a small island near the coast of northwestern France.

VOA: special.2010.07.14

Three hours later, NASA officials told the crew that everything was "OK" for what they called TLI, or trans-lunar injection.

VOA: special.2009.07.08

When my mother and grandmother told the story of our births, it was mostly of how Caroline had refused to breathe.

VOA: special.2009.02.14

Anderson then told the southerners, "If you do not shell us to pieces, hunger will force us out in a few days."

VOA: special.2009.08.06

In fact,Mister Obama told the gathering that Michelle probably would not have dated him if they had not agreed on Stevie Wonder.

VOA: special.2009.03.13

In February of this year,however, President Obama told the Justice Department to stop defending the law in court.

VOA: special.2011.05.23

As he once told the Washington Post: "When I came down I hurt my teeth in the net."

VOA: special.2010.07.05

He got into a taxi and told the driver to take him for a ride along Fifth Avenue.

VOA: special.2009.04.11

Upshur told the Texas representative in Washington that Texas would be given military protection just as soon as the treaty was signed.

VOA: special.2009.02.05