So,if we get down to brass tacks, we can prevent ripoffs and bogus ways of earning money in that jungle out there.

VOA: special.2010.05.16

To be successful, a person in business works hard and tries to get down to brass tacks.

VOA: special.2010.05.16

President Obama will get down to business soon after his arrival in Moscow.

VOA: standard.2009.07.06

"There is a sense that when the political leaders arrive in the next few days, that they will be able to overcome some of the stumbling blocks, because I believe the leaders will be able to really grab this issue by the scruff of the neck and get down to the substance and bridge the remaining gaps,".

VOA: standard.2009.12.17

He learned to get light to go far enough down a glass fiber to pass on signals.

VOA: special.2009.12.08

This week,in New Zealand, crowds of girls even pushed his mother down to get near him.

VOA: special.2010.04.30

They got this name from their political opponents, who charged that they were willing to burn down the barn to get rid of pro-slavery rats.

VOA: special.2009.03.05

I wanted to get down from that tree quickly.

VOA: special.2009.11.15

"They fall all over the Earth, not just Antarctica, but the best places for us to find them are the deserts because they don't get weathered and they don't break down as easily."

VOA: special.2010.07.28

And now since we have the information on the Internet at least in the United States of what the most popular names are, the percentage of kids who get them actually is going down because people are able to avoid them much more successfully than they did before."

VOA: special.2009.07.06

"It's really standing firm and not letting those kinds of questions get you down because they are going to come."

VOA: standard.2010.02.25

But at each end, they will get a nudge to tumble down - much like the Wall did two decades ago.

VOA: standard.2009.11.09

Now what you want to do is lock down the materials so they can't get to them."

VOA: standard.2010.08.06

One man wanted to know if California could get its hands on money from the president's stimulus package turned down by other states.

VOA: standard.2009.03.19