But she was very serious, very motivated, very hard working type of person and really a kind of good Catholic girl her entire life.

VOA: special.2010.03.08

On the other hand, if you choose not to be very motivated, not to be very responsible, not to be prepared to work very hard, you probably won't get a good education."

VOA: special.2009.12.03

Smith is an Arabic speaker who moved to Cairo after 9/11 determined to find out what motivated the al-Qaeda attackers.

VOA: standard.2010.03.18

Fan says the Aceh relief effort is motivated in part by gratitude for all the help Aceh received after the tsunami.

VOA: standard.2009.10.12

Turning to Asia, Burma's Prime Minister, Thein Sein, said Western economic sanctions against his country are politically motivated and should be lifted.

VOA: standard.2009.09.29

Analysts say foreign investors are motivated by growing confidence that the global recovery will be driven by countries like India and China.

VOA: standard.2009.10.16

He says that instead of using professionals, al-Qaida is finding people who are ideologically motivated and well-placed to attack, but who receive only rudimentary training.

VOA: standard.2010.05.05

Australian police say some of the violence was racially motivated, but that most of the attacks were the work of opportunistic criminals preying on easy targets.

VOA: standard.2010.02.15

On Saturday President Suslio Bambang Yudhoyono was critical of some anti-corruption activists, saying they are politically motivated and want only to discredit and topple his presidency.

VOA: standard.2009.12.10

One of his lawyers,Antonin Levy, called the decision by the French court politically motivated.

VOA: standard.2010.07.07

The Cambodian government has said it considers Mr.Thaksin's conviction to be politically motivated.

VOA: standard.2009.11.11

The much-criticized electoral commission chairman Maurice Iwu blames a desperate political class motivated largely by a desire to enjoy the profits of office for Nigeria's electoral problems.

VOA: standard.2009.08.22

Head of the fact finding mission, South African Justice Richard Goldstone, criticized Israel for not cooperating with the mission and strongly rejected accusations that the investigation was politically motivated.

VOA: standard.2009.09.29

Critics say that results in many politically motivated accusations.

VOA: standard.2010.07.06