This is presidential historian and author Robert Dallek: "Once the public turns against a war, once it is convinced that you are embarked upon if not a losing enterprise then something that is going to produce a quagmire, it creates tremendous political difficulties for the president and it undermines his credibility, trust in his judgment and his ability to put across his domestic reforms,"

VOA: standard.2009.10.09

You can tell all kinds of stories in a song, and put your ideas across to another person."

VOA: special.2010.06.13

Hundreds or thousands of men were put in long lines across the front of the enemy position.

VOA: special.2009.12.03

The idea is to put equipment in a suitcase that could be secretly transported across a border.

VOA: special.2011.06.20

And the pedestal was finished. In France,workers separated the statue into three hundred fifty pieces, put them on a ship and sent them across the ocean.

VOA: special.2009.06.29

He also talked about actions to put America on a stronger economic footing in the future, by improving education standards across the country.

VOA: standard.2010.02.22

"That will put in place stronger, global standards across the system that provide the right balance between stability, preserving the capacity for innovation, make sure we reduce the risk of future crises."

VOA: standard.2010.05.26