South Carolina's nickname is the easier of the two: It is the Palmetto State because of a fan-leafed palm tree that grows there.

VOA: special.2011.01.16

Not that I am saying the opportunities are so great, because of course there limited opportunities if you compare it to America, but I think one of the biggest things is literally just motivation."

VOA: special.2011.03.03

"You can buy local honey. Local honey is available at stores only because there is a local beekeeper who went to the trouble of harvesting it, so the more beekeepers there are, the more honey there is.

VOA: special.2011.05.24

(Speaking) "If there is an agreement, it will be a good thing for the people here, because in this time we have become dead,"

VOA: standard.2010.01.02

But the military has yet to launch a ground offensive there because it says it is consolidating gains in the Swat Valley before expanding the anti-insurgency activity.

VOA: standard.2009.09.14

He said because much of the nation is at war,it is inevitable that governments are focusing on troop levels, but he said there needs to be a coordinated effort.

VOA: standard.2009.11.17

"Everybody used that picture as a motivational tool of why we're truly here, because regardless of what's going on and how devastating it is, there are still people that recognize and believe that the Comfort is here to help them."

VOA: standard.2010.03.26

"We feel this a complete travesty of justice. We feel it is not only a travesty of justice because truth does not hold sway there, but people should not be criminalized for exercising their basic right to freedom of expression,".

VOA: standard.2009.12.28

"Because there are only a couple of previous records of eruption at this particular volcano, it is difficult to judge either how long the activity will go on there, or how long the volcano might then be dormant before it goes active again."

VOA: standard.2010.04.15

There are things that we can all relate to, so just because it is set in that era or in this mythological world or even a million years into the future, any movie that is worth its salt in this kind of genre should reflect issues that we deal with today.

VOA: standard.2010.04.08

"A tremendous number of villagers live in fear, and we have officials who either can not or do not serve their people effectively, and violence is up, and it is not up only because there are more coalition forces, it is up because the insurgency has grown,"

VOA: standard.2009.10.01