Yet Bucky Fuller was very serious about learning.

VOA: special.2010.05.30

But taken together, they can make a difference and they send a signal that we are serious about changing how government operates,"

VOA: standard.2009.04.20

Time is short. And we are serious about implementing to the fullest extent that dual track policy."

VOA: standard.2009.11.30

Many Israelis and Palestinians interpreted Mr.Obama's speech,last week, as a sign that the United States is serious about moving the peace process along.

VOA: standard.2009.06.09

But his health took a turn for the worse in early 2000 and he needed to get serious about being upgraded on the list.

VOA: standard.2010.02.26

Republicans say that budget shows the president is not really serious about helping small business.

VOA: standard.2009.03.16

Auwal Ibrahim Rafsanjani speaks for the group. "This is just confirming the concern and fear that we have that this government is not serious about fighting corruption,".

VOA: standard.2009.04.18

"We have shown European Union opinion is serious about this project,".

VOA: standard.2009.05.08

In an attempt to show they are serious about supporting a solution to the protracted Cyprus problem, Britain has renewed an offer to cede about half the territory of its bases in Cyprus.

VOA: standard.2009.11.11

"In addition to cleaning up the mess, repairing the damage and cracking down on big oil companies, we also have to get serious about ending our dependence on oil and creating new sources of clean energy."

VOA: standard.2010.07.31

It said the global community needed to be as serious about committing resources "on the same scale" to combating global warming as countries were during the the rescue of global economies during the financial crisis.

VOA: standard.2009.09.01

"And that in November we turn out in record numbers to show this administration that we are serious about spending, that we are serious about tax reform and that we are serious about bringing common sense back to the United States of America."

VOA: standard.2010.04.15

"Either this regime gets serious about reforming itself and about playing its part in taking on violent jihadists and extremists or else it seems to me we have got to consider pulling our troops out and fighting the threat of terrorism in a different way,"

VOA: standard.2009.11.04

"If we are serious about confronting the Islamic Republic of Iran, we have got to use all of the economic and diplomatic tools at our disposal to focus pressure on that country and its leadership to cause them to stop pursuing their plans to become a nuclear power,"

VOA: standard.2009.05.20

But no matter where the conflict is or what it's about, if you're serious about peace, you can't take as final the first 'no,' the second 'no' or even the hundredth 'no.'" In her statement, Secretary Clinton promised an "unwavering" U.S.commitment to a two-state solution, based on 1967 lines with agreed land swaps, that will create an independent and viable Palestinian state and an Israel with secure and recognized borders.

VOA: standard.2009.11.25

Later, the New England Journal of Medicine published details of two government-financed studies about serious mistakes.

VOA: special.2010.07.13

Since two thousand one she has worked with the United Nations Refugee Agency to raise public awareness about the serious problems of refugees around the world.

VOA: special.2009.05.08

After the war, Alaskans were more serious than ever about statehood.

VOA: special.2009.03.02

"It doesn't hold up to serious mathematics because Thailand sees about 1.4 million medical travelers from outside of Thailand.

VOA: standard.2009.12.23

He is believed to have had serious reservations about the upcoming tour of duty in a Muslim nation.

VOA: standard.2009.11.10

It is why they dismissed the results from 83 polling stations so of course we have concerns about very serious allegations of fraud."

VOA: standard.2009.09.11

Dr.Wunsch says these grim statistics raise serious questions about future treatment of the critically ill.

VOA: standard.2010.03.07

Faulkner says rebranding may be needed. "There are serious doubts about whether BP can retain its logo and its brand name in the way it has."

VOA: standard.2010.07.27

Miliband is expressing concerns about the serious fraud allegations stemming from last month's election.

VOA: standard.2009.09.11