But what the White House sees as a necessary,thoughtful process to arrive at the best-possible decision on an eight-year conflict is seen as dangerous "dithering" by Republican legislators.

VOA: standard.2009.11.23

David Ogrean, Executive Director of USA Hockey, gives credit to the NHL for interrupting its season so that the best players in the world can compete at the 21st Winter Games.

VOA: standard.2010.01.12

And they were friends. The reporter knew even at the time that this friendship was the best experience of his life.

VOA: special.2010.03.06

At age thirty-eight he scored four goals as his team gave the best performance ever by a team from Africa.

VOA: special.2010.06.09

And the World Cup is where the beautiful game appears at its best -- and sometimes its worst.

VOA: special.2010.06.09

Songwriter William Gilbert, in the musical "Princess Ida",wrote: "Darwinian man,though well-behaved, at best is only a monkey shaved."

VOA: special.2011.03.13

The book entered The New York Times Best Sellers list at the number one position on September twenty-fifth.

VOA: special.2009.10.09

She says foreign students who work for their school or at an internship probably have the best chance for a job after graduation.

VOA: special.2009.07.02

Agriculture experts at the Ohio State University Extension say broccoli and cauliflower grow best in cooler climates.

VOA: special.2010.03.09

But that was probably the best thing I could have done. She looked at it.It was pathetic.

VOA: special.2010.02.08

He was the best-known Republican in the country at that time: Senator William Seward of New York.

VOA: special.2009.07.09

He would send his navy boats past the city at night and hope for the best.

VOA: special.2009.11.19

Advisers at the University of Illinois Extension say the best planting temperature is fifteen degrees Celsius.

VOA: special.2010.10.12

At that time, the best jobs were with the customs service of the Treasury Department.

VOA: special.2010.03.11