The poorer people could buy tickets for a small amount of money to stand near the stage.

VOA: special.2010.01.06

Some stand on street corners asking for money to buy food and gifts for the needy.

VOA: special.2009.12.20

"Those who used to chastise America for acting alone in the world cannot now stand by and wait for American to solve the world's problems alone.

VOA: special.2009.09.26

She says red shirt support is so strong because Mr.Thaksin taught country people to stand up for themselves.

VOA: standard.2010.05.14

"Gives a rebel yell and hoot when he does manage to stand up for a split second,drops in on people, collides with people."

VOA: standard.2010.08.04

And I stand before you a humbled man very grateful for the decision the academy has made to honor me with this award.

VOA: standard.2009.09.21

Those who used to chastise America for acting alone in the world cannot now stand by and wait for America to solve the world's problems alone.

VOA: standard.2009.09.23

Here in the United States, stand-alone record stores have given way to such alternatives as digital downloading which now accounts for about 20 percent of all recorded music sales.

VOA: standard.2009.12.25

"I am here to celebrate her because that lady stood for me so I could stand here today, I am wearing my pearls the way she used to tie her pearls.

VOA: standard.2010.05.15

"You look for a banjo, then you look for a flat top guitar, got to have the stand-up bass, a fiddle works really well, and then you get the old mandolin in because a mandolin really has got some good sound to it too."

VOA: standard.2010.05.28

They should have some courage, and they should stop it. It is no good for the players, and somehow I hope the players have the ability around the world to stand up and say we are not playing on this, plain and simple."

VOA: standard.2009.06.07

"To actually have a CD out there in stores is a dream come true. To actually be able to go to Wal-Mart, and see your face on the stand there, this is certainly a milestone for me personally and for my career."

VOA: standard.2010.04.09

"It is for the BBC, knowing that the party was allowed to stand in the European elections and other elections, then to judge their level of support, to then say, it is therefore fair for them to have a place on Question Time to be challenged along side other political parties as well.

VOA: standard.2009.10.23

"It is a fact,unfortunately, that the word democracy has become a code word in recent years for regime change and maybe for armed intervention regime change, but at the end of the day, there is a core value that Americans have stood for, that we have to continue stand for, and we can't allow that as well to become a fundamental impediment to improving the relations we are talking about."

VOA: standard.2009.04.24