"My background is a teacher. I taught young adults from, say,age eleven through thirteen for about fifteen years.

VOA: special.2009.10.12

Spacey dance music plays in the background as Haiz tells visitors that they need to learn about advertising.

VOA: special.2010.06.04

The video shows colorful and dreamy background images to provide players with a nineteen sixties feel.

VOA: special.2009.09.18

I knew some of it, but it has been interesting to do the background on it."

VOA: special.2010.06.28

"It kind of happens in the background, because I have an iPhone which I love.

VOA: special.2009.09.14

He's got a full-feathered headdress. Or he's sitting cross-legged with his moccasins and a bow and arrow and a tepee in the background type of thing."

VOA: special.2010.11.29

The young shoe salesman was unable to guess about her background.

VOA: special.2009.09.05

"What protects the lady is when the FBI does their background check, and if this guy's got a criminal record he's not going to be allowed to bring a lady here."

VOA: special.2011.02.14

Not race,not economic background, not an abusive childhood.

VOA: special.2009.04.27

His Native background greatly influences his work.

VOA: special.2009.11.13

But his professional background was another influence.

VOA: special.2009.10.12

Despite his Catholic background, Kennedy also became a strong advocate of abortion rights and later, a supporter of same-sex marriage.

VOA: standard.2009.08.26

(Speaking in French) One young man described being denied jobs at upscale French hotels, ostensibly because of his North African background.

VOA: standard.2009.12.30

He tells these teenagers the key to being an astronaut is having a solid background in math and science.

VOA: standard.2010.02.02