"If I could get done what I think needs to get done in four years, even if it meant that I was only president for four years, I would rather be a good president taking on the tough issues for four years, than a mediocre president for eight years,".

VOA: standard.2009.03.19

"We initially were rather concerned as how our parents would react, as we came from different religions, different backgrounds, two different parts of the planet.

VOA: special.2011.05.09

But one of them would make war rather than let the nation live.

VOA: special.2009.12.10

Would you rather be a weak woman?"

VOA: special.2009.05.30

Condom told French radio that the mantra of this year's Paris show would likely be to maintain existing orders rather than to secure new ones.

VOA: standard.2009.06.16

Pinheiro says it is almost certain the court will find Aung San Suu Kyi guilty, but would likely put her back under house arrest rather than prison.

VOA: standard.2009.06.19

But the final resting place where there would be not, if you like,a heavy mark of the person, but rather the person is consigned to dust from where they came."

VOA: standard.2010.07.22

"Of course,the visit to Libya, I mean everything with Libya is always rather unique and peculiar, but that might be Libya-specific, and I am sure that Gadhafi would have welcomed Bashir.

VOA: standard.2009.03.26

But he has been unable through his rather abrasive and I would say almost arrogant attitude toward fellow politicians to bring them into any kind of unity in order to move the country forward.

VOA: standard.2009.09.01

What the vaccine would aim to do is achieve that in a much more rapid process rather than losing many people's lives and people experiencing a lot of illness before they develop immunity."

VOA: standard.2010.01.20

Not this time.Not now." At the same time, the president said that rather than a radical shift that would disrupt health care Americans now have, he favors building on what works and fixing what doesn't.

VOA: standard.2009.09.10