The idea was that if the public knew what a criminal looked like, it would be harder for that person to hide.

VOA: special.2010.05.05

She said she knew what it was like to be starving and to be saved by international aid.

VOA: special.2009.10.16

"And no matter where you are in the world, that is a very important thing, to be proud of who you are and be able to let people hear what you have to say, whether they like it or not.

VOA: special.2009.08.05

"So they have themselves experienced what it is like to be survivors of a devastating natural disaster."

VOA: standard.2009.10.12

So it looks like what is supposed to be a simple enumeration or careful count of the nation's population this year will be anything but routine.

VOA: standard.2010.02.03

It will be not like in Germany or Japan and Korea, but what we saw in the Continental Cup can make us confident of good organization,".

VOA: standard.2009.10.12

We forget as adults what it feels like to be a child."

VOA: standard.2009.12.11

"This is a special moment for Chancellor Merkel, as somebody who grew up in East Germany, who understands what it is like to be under the shadow of a dictatorial regime, and to see how freedom has bloomed in Germany,"

VOA: standard.2009.11.03