Rossman points to a string of e-mails from colleagues around the world who call the bill misguided, and see it as an example of California foolishness.

VOA: standard.2010.07.26

It could jeopardize the livelihoods of thousands of Americans who call this place home."

VOA: standard.2010.05.02

Even though it won a majority of votes in parliament last year, it still faces powerful opposition from leading sheiks, who call the measure un-Islamic, and a bow to Western cultural imperialism.

VOA: standard.2010.03.27

Children might call a child who is easily frightened a fraidy cat or a scaredy cat.

VOA: special.2009.09.27

And they now call the delivery agent who can now come and meet them at a particular place and do the vaccination for them."

VOA: special.2009.11.03

People who really like his music call themselves "Parrot Heads."

VOA: special.2010.03.22

And on the inner wall close to the courtyard actually what you see are some glittering tiles, thats what we call the luminary wall. Each lit rectangle tells about Chinese-American who has been important in American or world history.

VOA: special.2010.03.03

"And to call this a program of torture is to libel the dedicated professionals who have saved American lives.

VOA: standard.2009.08.24

(Speaking) They call it the Robin Hood Tax after the legendary English folk hero who robbed from the rich to give to the poor.

VOA: standard.2010.02.18

Thornton says the new amendment to the Lacey Act is a wake-up call for anyone who wants to trade in the lucrative U.S.wood products market.

VOA: standard.2010.05.28

A bugle call and a moment of silence for NATO soldiers who have died in past and current combat missions - including in Afghanistan where over 1,000 NATO coalition troops have been killed.

VOA: standard.2009.04.04

Israel had hoped that negotiations on what Palestinians call the siege of Gaza would result in the release of Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit, who was captured by Gaza-based militants in a cross-border raid into Israel in 2006.

VOA: standard.2010.06.10

Tieger said he will call various witnesses,from insiders who worked with Karadzic to international workers to victims, to prove Karadzic was part of a joint criminal enterprise whose goal was to remove non-Serbs from part of Bosnia, that he did it systematically through murder,extermination, shelling,detaining people and even genocide.

VOA: standard.2009.10.27

Two hundred seventy people were killed in the attack. Opposition Scottish Labor leader Iain Gray was blunt in his criticism of Justice Secretary Kenny MacAskill, who made the call to allow Abdel Basset al-Megrahi to leave prison and return home to Libya on compassionate grounds because he is terminally ill.

VOA: standard.2009.08.24