Babe dug his feet in the ground and pulled with all his strength until the road became straight.

VOA: special.2009.01.24

Last year, Johnson became the second driver in history to win a third straight Sprint Cup championship.

VOA: special.2009.04.10

And they moved up the hill slowly, in a close group, not in a straight line.

VOA: special.2010.07.15

Kobe Bryant was named most valuable player in the finals for the second straight year.

VOA: special.2010.06.25

In the pictures, the men are running up the hill quickly in straight lines.

VOA: special.2010.07.15

Their voices do all the work. Straight No Chaser released "Christmas Cheers" in November.

VOA: special.2009.12.25

Street murals depict Latin leaders. The games of dominoes that old men play in Maximo Gomez Park are straight out of Havana.

VOA: standard.2010.04.19

The Commerce Department says orders placed at U.S.factories increased in June, for a third straight month.

VOA: standard.2009.08.05

little bitty stinging rain and big old fat rain, rain that flew in side ways, and sometimes rain even seemed to come straight upfrom underneath.

VOA: standard.other

"She was sworn in by my side in the Oval Office, and then went straight to the Situation Room to get to work dealing with this emergency,"

VOA: standard.2009.05.01