He said the South was wrong to try to take slaves into new American territories.

VOA: special.2009.04.02

The fish that,for one reason or another, that found their way past the barrier, we suppressed them and try to take them out of the system to keep them from establishing in Lake Michigan."

VOA: standard.2010.07.20

And robotic submarines are being used to try to stop the leak -- a process that could take weeks.

VOA: special.2010.05.01

Two standing ordersin this platoon... 1... take care of your feet, 2... try not to doanything stupid, Like gettingyourself killed.

VOA: standard.other

Or whether you take a very hard line against them to try to force changes coming in from below within the government.

VOA: standard.2009.08.14

I try to learn a little of their language to take away some of that stress and confusion,".

VOA: standard.2009.12.13

He says he signed it to try and prevent further disintegration of the country's infrastructure and was prepared to take the political risk to try and move Zimbabwe forward.

VOA: standard.2009.09.15

"I think we also agree that it is important to take every opportunity to try and persuade the Iranians to reconsider what is actually in their own security interests,"

VOA: standard.2009.07.27

"He created all the legends about himself.He used to say 'never let the truth get in the way of a good story.' But when you're playing him you have to take away all of those just peel him back to try and find the truth."

VOA: standard.2009.12.17

"And so once we understand the genetics, we can try and just take those particular genes and work with popular varieties of rice to cross those particular genes into a popular variety and still maintain the expected cooking and eating qualities of the grain."

VOA: standard.2010.06.25