Someone with his head in the clouds is a person whose mind is not on what is happening in real life.

VOA: special.2009.03.08

They are patients whose immune systems may be fragile, patients who may be just hanging on to life.

VOA: standard.2009.12.08

The only one present to hear the sentence was Melaku Tefera, an organizer for the opposition Unity for Democracy and Justice Party, whose founder Birtukan Mideksa is serving a life term in connection with the 2005 violence.

VOA: standard.2009.12.23

In a VOA interview, Hailu admitted that many opposition supporters are suspicious of his seeming closeness and conciliatory attitude toward Prime Minister Meles, whose government convicted him of treason and sentenced him to life in prison three years ago.

VOA: standard.2009.11.01

"That does not mean they cannot follow the law." In announcing her nomination, President Obama highlighted Sotomayor's life story as a child of Puerto Rican parents whose childhood years were spent in public housing in New York.

VOA: standard.2009.05.31