Some of the world's most powerful leaders, along with their finance chiefs are meeting at London's ExCel Center to try to forge common ground on tackling the world's economic crisis.

VOA: standard.2009.04.02

Senator Joseph Lieberman, who calls himself an Independent but caucuses with Democrats, says the legislation is part of a process in which the United States and its allies "turn the page" toward finding more common ground on Iran and setting specific benchmarks with global enforcement.

VOA: standard.2009.04.28

I could see Powell on the ground. I did not even think about what to do, I just acted.

VOA: special.2010.07.10

Sharp words from a teacher,for example, can usually get a daydreaming student to put both feet on the ground.

VOA: special.2009.03.08

The fighting died down at the end of the day, and Jackson's men moved back to their positions on higher ground.

VOA: special.2009.09.24

Controllers on the ground joked that the flight had gone so well they did not have enough to do.

VOA: special.2009.07.22

Perhaps that will stop her crying. I walked to where the Princess Dejah Thoris was lying on the ground.

VOA: special.2010.07.31

Yet up at about five-thousand-four hundred meters the air pressure is only about half of what it is on the ground.

VOA: special.2011.04.06

They also suggest actions like providing protective boots to wear while working in fields, and not sleeping on the ground.

VOA: special.2010.01.25

The observers on the ground had no reason to believe the white spot they saw was made by the spacecraft.

VOA: special.2009.07.22

This makes it more difficult for the body to effectively use the same amount of oxygen as it would on the ground.

VOA: special.2009.07.14

" Some one with both feet on the ground is a person with a good understanding of reality.

VOA: special.2009.03.08

The snow is so deep in some areas that it will stay on the ground well into the hot days of summer.

VOA: special.2009.08.12

His tall hat flew off and soldiers found it on the ground with a bullet hole through it.

VOA: special.2010.05.10