But the president says he will not let health reform be paid for in his words -- "on the backs of middle-class families."

VOA: special.2009.07.25

But he says only one or two students usually choose it each year, and no one did in the graduating class in May.

VOA: special.2009.07.23

He finished his four years at West Point as the best student in his class.

VOA: special.2009.05.24

He would join the army. He graduated from the United States Military Academy at West Point, New York as the best student in his class.

VOA: special.2010.07.02

He graduated as the best student in his class in nineteen twenty-nine.

VOA: special.2009.03.15

In fact,he was the worst in his class.

VOA: special.2009.09.04

So when you talk to class four, he says,then it is difficult to teach the little kids in class one.

VOA: standard.2010.02.25

He comes from an upper-middle class family. Neighbors in this town of 5,000 are saddened by the news.

VOA: standard.2010.05.06

But the urban middle class accused Mr.Thaksin of corruption and abuse of power while he was in office, especially by his government's attacks on the media and his perceived efforts to control most levers of power including the parliament, independent government agencies and security forces.

VOA: standard.2010.03.20