Just simple things so that way they get to understand what it means to be an American student."

VOA: special.2010.05.27

He told students it was time for them to learn what it means to be a human being on Earth at a time when every living system was failing.

VOA: special.2009.06.05

Ella wants to know what it means to "eighty-six" something.

VOA: special.2010.01.08

"Every time Americans debate the problem of states' rights, the relationship of federal power to state power -- which we are indeed having a roiling debate again -- and every time we debate not only race relations, but the very idea of what it means to be an American, multi-racial,greatly diverse society, we are debating the direct legacies of the Civil War."

VOA: special.2011.04.09

Storylines often touched on matters of fate,destiny, spirituality,the meaning of life, or what it means to be human.

VOA: standard.2010.05.25

"Voting is particularly important because when we exclude people from voting - we're excluding them from the fundamental act of what it means to be a citizen."

VOA: standard.2010.03.25

Play it by ear also means to decide what to do at the last minute instead of making detailed plans.

VOA: special.2009.09.13

It is told by four speakers, each trying to discover what the story means.

VOA: special.2010.01.10

It is time to save what we can and what we must and live within our means once again,".

VOA: standard.2010.02.01

"It really shows you what a treat it really is and what it really means to the United States of America, and how these athletes get one goal four years around.

VOA: standard.2010.01.12

"But what it means is, if the world is going to grow at the rate it can in the future, the rest of the world is going to have to shift to more domestic sources of growth, investment,and spending,".

VOA: standard.2009.11.12

"We are,as you may expect, encouraged by these results and look forward to undertaking further research to understand what it means, why the vaccine regimen was effective in some volunteers and how we might build upon these results in our collective research,".

VOA: standard.2009.10.20