"Well,actually I was scheduled to work this morning," . "When I got up at 5:30, I saw on the news that they needed a lot of help, and I called into my job and said I needed to take a short day vacation, because I needed my son to be a part of what was going on."

VOA: standard.2010.01.18

"This year a lot of stores are trying to reduce prices to help bring customers in during this time of recession.

VOA: special.2009.12.21

He gained a lot of weight so he took drugs to help control his weight.

VOA: special.2010.04.04

But there are a lot of number expressions that can help.

VOA: special.2009.07.26

"We are seeing a lot of actions to try to help solve the conflict in the Middle East on the basis of two-state solution."

VOA: standard.2009.04.24

He said the coalition will have a lot of work to do to help build the legitimacy of the next Afghan government, regardless of who leads it.

VOA: standard.2009.10.20

So working with the government of Morocco,we are hoping to really help to see blossom a lot more economic activity at the lower levels that will then from the bottom-up build prosperity,"

VOA: standard.2009.11.03

"That's going to require a lot of restructuring. We're prepared,as a government, to help that process if we believe it is going to provide the basis for a stronger industry in the future.

VOA: standard.2009.03.30

"I have been up on Obama for a long time. People in Chicago have been knowing Obama for the longest time, because him and his wife had been doing a lot of good things, trying to help out the neighborhoods."

VOA: standard.2010.02.24

"It's physiological and it's emotional." "Physiologically,we have a tendency when we come into a situation that seems dangerous we get a lot of chemicals flowing through our bodies to help us stay alert, to be able to act if we need to act.

VOA: standard.2010.07.01

to say 'get real.' What is dangerous is to commit "This is extraordinary, to spend a whole lot of money that we might not have on a system that most certainly won't help when the world is changing, when we're facing new threats, where now more and more military experts are saying there are different alternatives."

VOA: standard.2010.04.30