"What we don't want is a situation where parents are taking all the right steps at home, and then their kids undo all that work when they go to school with salty,fatty foods in the school cafeteria."

VOA: special.2010.06.07

I believe that is true. If you make the effort to do the best of what you are capable, trying to improve the situation that exists for you, I think that is success and I do not think others can judge that."

VOA: special.2010.06.10

He says no one seems sure of how bad the situation is, or what will happen down the road.

VOA: standard.2010.05.06

"The Americans should take seriously what is going on," "The whole situation is deteriorating.

VOA: standard.2009.11.18

"We are pretty much back to what the situation was before the trial, where she is still under house arrest although the conditions of her detention,house arrest, have been eased somewhat,".

VOA: standard.2009.08.11

So now there is a problem of credibility of what the government is going to do, and of course the situation is different to situations in other periods because now there is a common currency."

VOA: standard.2010.06.24

has further complicated the situation. But he echoed what the White House spokesman said Monday, that the United States is not considering withdrawing from the region, but rather how it will move ahead toward its goals.

VOA: standard.2009.10.06

"Recent protests in a number of cities denouncing the lack of electricity is a sign of potentially growing disillusionment and anger over what has become a situation of daily life for the average Iraqi citizen."

VOA: standard.2010.08.04

"Influenza is unpredictable," There is no way to determine how it is going to react among any one person or group of people, so for those reasons, people cannot really account for what is going to happen if they go into a situation with the intention of getting H1N1."

VOA: standard.2009.12.18