This one of our ways of being a part of that. It's disheartening to see we lost the first round,"

VOA: standard.2009.10.02

I believe many Africans are still focused on that promise, whereas we may have lost sight of it."

VOA: standard.2010.07.10

We are losing this war. It is not yet lost but we are losing this war,".

VOA: standard.2009.10.21

It is only after,and ironically, when we lost to Germany 12 to 11, that the world started sitting back and saying, 'South Africa is a worthy cause,'" The South African government launched a massive effort to build the needed infrastructure.

VOA: standard.2010.06.07

It's just we've lost our focus. And so there is a need to be refocusing on the area of science, making it accessible to a wider rage and a more diverse group of students, not just young men, but also young women."

VOA: standard.2009.11.25

"But,it puts us in a very awkward position because,if we cannot go there ourselves to see what they are doing, to whom they are distributing and what criteria they are using, how much they are keeping for themselves, how much is getting lost, we start losing control over it,"

VOA: standard.2009.08.07

"In Europe and also here increasingly in the U.S., they are talking as if we had basically lost it and the main question was talking to the Taliban and settling to some degree on their terms, whereas we still have not tried - and I think it would be worth trying for a year, at least,or two - to address the causes as to why the Taliban has become relatively popular, or at least relatively accepted,"

VOA: standard.2009.03.11