"When you touch that ice bear, you're touching the Arctic, you're touching the whole of that problem and what I hope is people will touch the bear, touch the Arctic, will get an understanding for the problem up there and ultimately become part of the solution,".

VOA: standard.2009.12.13

He wanted to express his feelings for the form of the skyscraper while deepening his understanding of architecture, engineering and construction.

VOA: special.2010.07.30

Now that we know about grapes and geography, we have some important tools for understanding the label on a bottle of wine.

VOA: special.2010.10.13

And so we begin our Catholic way of understanding new year by just thanking God for Jesus' mother,Mary.

VOA: special.2009.12.28

The Environmental Film Festival in Washington plays an important role in helping increase understanding about a subject that is important for people all over the world.

VOA: special.2009.03.25

The foundation asked for understanding and urged all to allow the family to mourn in private.

VOA: standard.2010.06.11

University of California- San Francisco psychiatrist and neuroscientist Allison Doupe got interested in finches because they provide a model for understanding how people learn to speak.

VOA: standard.2010.04.05

He says he is sending the code back to the legislature for a second reading so that it can obtain the support and understanding of Mali's citizens.

VOA: standard.2009.08.27

Another study author,Ned Sahin, a post-doctoral fellow at Harvard University and the UC San Diego School of Medicine, says scientists have suspected for some time that the traditional understanding of the brain needs revision.

VOA: standard.2010.01.28

During her visit to Angola, Clinton witnessed the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding between Angola's petroleum ministry, the US Agency for International Development and the oil firm Chevron to support more diversified agricultural production.

VOA: standard.2009.08.10

Secretary Clinton says many people who heard President Obama's Cairo speech five months ago asked how his vision for a new understanding between the United States and the Muslim world would translate into meaningful changes in people's everyday lives.

VOA: standard.2009.11.03

"the atmosphere we require for the talks is one of tranquility, one of understanding and we thought this didn't prevail and we thought we both need time to reach that tranquil atmosphere so we said we would postpone that meeting,"

VOA: standard.2009.09.05

"Language is very important to teach another younger generation of young men and women coming from elementary and high schools for job opportunities and understanding how small the world is and also the contributions the Arab world has given to civilization."

VOA: standard.2010.05.20