The first step in pressing the oil from seeds is to crush the seeds between two stones.

VOA: special.2009.09.29

But these drawings were made by pressing paper against broken sheets of glass covered in ink.

VOA: special.2009.05.06

The writers discuss how women represent the most pressing human rights problem in the world.

VOA: special.2010.06.16

involvement in Afghanistan. On one hand, congressional Republicans are pressing the president to beef up U.S.forces to ensure a victory over al-Qaida and the Taliban.

VOA: standard.2009.09.28

"But I like the concept of knowing something in class but then going back and pressing pause or rewind and actually getting a deeper understand of it."

VOA: standard.2010.03.26

Israel has been agitated by President Obama's plan to open a dialogue with Iran, while pressing for a one year freeze on Jewish settlement activity in the West Bank.

VOA: standard.2009.08.06

The United States and European Union are among the voices in the international community still pressing for accountability for thousands of civilian deaths at the end of the Sri Lankan civil war.

VOA: standard.2009.11.09

Access to a Caesarean section to relieve the pressure of obstructed labor is the most common way of preventing an unborn child from pressing so tightly in the birth canal that it cuts off blood flow to surrounding tissue.

VOA: standard.2009.12.23

"Darfur also provides the unique opportunity for donors and development program managers to deal with some of the most pressing global issues - like globalization,desertification, water management and climate change - in a holistic way and manner."

VOA: standard.2010.03.21

Clinton said the United States is pressing DRC authorities in Kinshasa "very hard" to bring to justice five military officers who have either been directly implicated in rape and violence against young women, or created the environment in which the abuses could occur.

VOA: standard.2009.09.25