She decided she would be more useful as a nurse than as a student.

VOA: special.2010.05.26

"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

They created Pedal People as a way to create a useful service that helps the local economy and is environmentally friendly.

VOA: special.2009.12.04

And they list a cause of death. Useful information might also be found in local court and tax records.

VOA: special.2010.06.28

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

The systems are especially useful for those who are too sick to go a long way for water.

VOA: special.2009.07.27

Babe was very useful. For example, Paul had trouble removing trees along a road that was not straight.

VOA: special.2009.01.24

These pants were especially useful for miners in California who needed clothing made from a strong material.

VOA: special.2009.12.18

Professor Prum says the colorful feathers were probably useful in getting the attention of a mate.

VOA: special.2010.03.16

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

Oil became a useful product only in the middle of the eighteen hundreds.

VOA: special.2010.02.25

Chicken feathers are useful, and not just to a chicken.

VOA: special.2010.06.01

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

He only wanted a chance to be useful.

VOA: special.2009.06.04