"I think they have to have an example like some stars like Landon Donovan on the US national team of the World Cup so they can see what an example is and what they could be like when they grow up and work hard at football."

VOA: standard.2010.06.15

The Great Recession gave some mothers no choice but to work, as job cuts hit hard at men.

VOA: special.2010.04.23

But he is hard at work. He and his team currently are trying to make algae that can change carbon dioxide back into fossil fuel.

VOA: special.2010.07.20

William Thornton is hard at work on a set of building drawings.

VOA: special.2010.01.27

These paintings show Americans hard at work in different industries.

VOA: special.2009.01.02

"While passions and politics can often obscure the hard work before us,let's be clear about what this moment demands, we are at war,"

VOA: standard.2010.01.19

The young people here are hard at play, and the Muslim elders are hard at work trying to keep them engaged in positive activities.

VOA: standard.2009.12.20

He says he learned playing basketball at Princeton University that both take hard work and perseverance.

VOA: standard.2010.06.24

"It is kind of hard to believe sometimes when I look at his work to realize that one sheet of paper goes into each of the animals with all of the complexities."

VOA: standard.2010.03.17

So if we can get better at giving people triggers of when to leave early, which we will work very hard on doing, then people evacuating themselves is the safest thing to do as long as it's early enough."

VOA: standard.2009.06.24