It's a temptation their curious minds can barely resist: "If we don't use human DNA now someone else will."

VOA: standard.2010.06.09

It will get a lot worse if we don't get our act together, but it's already started."

VOA: standard.2010.04.21

"If we don't get a level of legitimacy and governance, then all the troops in the world aren't going to make any difference,".

VOA: standard.2009.11.04

"And if we don't change what led to the crisis, we'll doom ourselves to repeat it."

VOA: standard.2010.04.19

And if we don't stand up now, God help us," Supporters of health care reform have found some of the meetings so chaotic that they have chosen to remain silent.

VOA: standard.2009.08.17

"If we can bring some smile on people's faces - even if we don't do it exactly like it was done before - if they like it, that makes us happy."

VOA: standard.2010.05.28

If we don't address the challenges of climate change an increasing number of nations and their peoples will be pushed into poverty never has there been a greater call for global solidarity,".

VOA: standard.2009.09.01

"We have to do this because it's a problem that is today in Greece, but if we don't fix it in Greece it may have a lot of consequences on the rest of the European Union."

VOA: standard.2010.04.28

"There's a new recognition in the global debate that while security efforts in Afghanistan are exceedingly important,critical, we can never succeed if we don't manage to build a basic state with basic governance that can provide basic security in the area between Central Asia and South Asia,".

VOA: standard.2009.10.27

"If we refuse to take into account the full costs of our fossil fuel addiction - if we don't factor in the environmental costs and the national security costs and the true economic costs - we will have missed our best chance to seize a clean energy future."

VOA: standard.2010.06.14

"Our greatest fear right now is that if we don't raise the same level of money that we did a year ago, knowing that we have to help more people in January and February when the brunt of the winter begins to take hold and hits, we're going to be really pressed to keep the utilities bills paid and the heat on in many,many homes,"

VOA: standard.2009.12.16

But we certainly didn't have goals. I don't know if we had ever heard of Grammys at that point.

VOA: special.2010.04.19

"It is my job to make sure that we fix these messes even if I don't make them,".

VOA: standard.2009.03.19

- I don't know if it's worth it anymore.- We drove all the way out here. - JESSICA: I'm at least paddling out.- Yeah.

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