Susan Larson reads a scene from Nancy Drew's first adventure, "The Secret of the Old Clock": "Nancy struggled to get away.

VOA: special.2009.08.24

The brave men,living and dead,who struggled here,have consecrated it, far above our poor power to add or detract.

VOA: special.2009.02.06

Nor does he think of the men who struggled to build the first railroads across the wild land.

VOA: special.2010.03.18

As the New York Times put it, he "struggled for much of his life with his weight,with alcohol and with persistent tales of womanizing."

VOA: special.2009.08.29

She gave examples of parents who struggled to make a better life for their disabled children.

VOA: special.2009.08.23

But the boat soon sank. Hundreds of passengers struggled to hold on to the floating wreckage.

VOA: special.2009.11.11

Over two hundred years ago, the United States struggled with piracy in the Mediterranean Sea.

VOA: special.2009.05.27

But it also has struggled with racial division, poverty and high rates of HIV/AIDS infection.

VOA: special.2010.06.09

The Hansons were poor and they struggled to make their way in their new land.

VOA: special.2009.05.04

The Indians were hunters, and they struggled to keep control of their hunting lands.

VOA: special.2010.04.15

Further on, they saw how the moose had struggled to escape up a hill.

VOA: special.2010.02.27

He struggled as a small businessman to compete with the large oil companies.

VOA: special.2010.04.25

And he struggled with depression. Cobain became dependent on the powerful drug heroin.

VOA: special.2009.11.06

Two thousand nine was a long year struggled financially, like most of America.

VOA: special.2009.12.28

But his new team,D.C.United, has struggled at the start of the season.

VOA: special.2010.06.02

The two sides struggled for hours in the hot summer sun.

VOA: special.2009.09.24

The storm struggled agaist the light house with thousands different noises.

VOA: special.2010.05.08

John broke through the ice and struggled to the river bank.

VOA: special.2010.06.26

She screamed and struggled when her mother tried to control her.

VOA: special.2009.11.08

The men struggled to keep the boat from turning over.

VOA: special.2010.03.06

We struggled, but I held her down on the bed.

VOA: special.2009.11.08

The bird struggled weakly and made a wild,strange noise.

VOA: special.2010.03.20