One way the Education Department is trying to persuade states is with money.

VOA: special.2010.07.22

She is disturbed and trying to figure out why she is the way she is and what happened to her.

VOA: standard.2010.05.04

"What do they fear? Someone bombing the plane or trying to down the plane in some other way?

VOA: standard.2009.03.23

"What we are trying to do is to present an incomplete specimen in a complete way.

VOA: standard.2009.12.08

But the good will and high hopes so evident in January quickly gave way to the realities of trying to achieve results in politically polarized Washington.

VOA: standard.2009.12.29

"Certainly they are trying to resurrect themselves as a party, and I think taking on the president and trying to re-establish themselves on taxes and spending is one way,".

VOA: standard.2009.10.23

"We're still trying to feel our way along the river and see where the fish are, and I think we'll end up bringing in more commercial fisherman to increase our harvest of these fish."

VOA: standard.2010.07.19

Law Professor Yusri Mohammad, with the International University in Malaysia, says the Muslim community is not becoming more conservative, but it is trying to hold on to its values and way of life.

VOA: standard.2010.02.24

Israeli officials say one way they are trying to ease water shortages in the West Bank is by pushing a project along with Jordan to channel water from the Red Sea to the Dead Sea.

VOA: standard.2009.08.01

I wrote this son, my father and I wrote this song, for the acid victims of Kandahar City -- a few young girls who were trying to make their way home from school when they got attacked by acid.

VOA: standard.2010.03.08

"This undermines the peace process." Mitchell has been trying to work out a deal that would lead to a three-way meeting next week with U.S.President Barack Obama, Prime Minister Netanyahu and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas on the sidelines of the U.N.General Assembly in New York.

VOA: standard.2009.09.16

"So I don't think there's a way to prepare for that; but you could definitely say I felt a little bit of pressure trying to bring Jacob's character and Jacob and Bella's relationship alive for the fans, because this movie definitely develops their relationship and it sets up the love triangle, so it's a very important story."

VOA: standard.2009.11.23