But others say music like Lead Belly's would never have become widely known if it wasn't for the work of John Lomax.

VOA: special.2010.01.18

"What would you be doing this summer now if it weren't for this job?

VOA: special.2009.08.20

"I am 99 percent sure that if it didn't happen, probably Lech Kaczynski would lose these elections in the first round."

VOA: standard.2010.07.03

It's that time of year. So that the violence level would rise doesn't - doesn't surprise me at all."

VOA: standard.2010.05.26

You know,it would've been a whole lot worse if Edward wasn't there.He knocked me out of the way.

VOA: standard.other

Indeed,it's not clear what they have accomplished, but I think that it would be fair to assume that they haven't accomplished a lot."

VOA: standard.2010.07.09

Haven't hit it yet so I've got to hit it next time. If I wasn't in the final it would have been a huge disappointment.

VOA: standard.2009.08.22

"Well,I know the family so I would be here anyway, But even if I didn't, it's the fact that Lena Horn is an icon of American history.

VOA: standard.2010.05.15

"To be honest with you, it's probably been a lot better because I don't know what this site would have been like with 6- or 8,000 more people.

VOA: standard.2010.02.16

Again,Colonel Lapan. "The sense that there are somehow 13 that weren't authorized or that are somehow new, well then that would make the 68 number go up by 13,000,wouldn't it?

VOA: standard.2009.10.13

President Obama says the independent, nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office has concluded the current Senate Finance Committee bill would make health coverage affordable for millions of Americans who don't have it today.

VOA: standard.2009.10.10

"I don't think it is surprising that al-Qaida would want to shift attention away from the president's historic efforts, and continued efforts, to reach out and have an open dialogue with the Muslim world,"

VOA: standard.2009.06.03

"My both legs, they were not able to move." "So doctors,they just said that it would be a miracle if you come out of it, because in medical science they don't have any cure for this disease."

VOA: standard.2010.08.02

"Obviously we are all here because we love Ray Harryhausen's work so I said before we do this I'd love to talk to him about it and ask if there was anything he didn't do in the original one that he would have always loved to do."

VOA: standard.2010.04.08