But the president says he will not let health reform be paid for in his words -- "on the backs of middle-class families."

VOA: special.2009.07.25

Sharks glided in lazy loops around them, dragging their backs along the rafts,waiting.

VOA: special.2011.05.04

He carried his goods on the backs on mules.

VOA: special.2009.03.30

The academy says babies should sleep on their backs.

VOA: special.2009.08.26

Thousands more are reported trapped in a no-man's land between the violence at their backs and a frontier ahead of them.

VOA: standard.2010.06.15

Development in Haiti has suffered repeated set backs from political violence, poor leadership,corruption, a lack of law and order and natural disasters.

VOA: standard.2009.09.09

Bongo has urged voters to ignore rival candidates who he says are traitors and liars who will turn their backs on the country.

VOA: standard.2009.08.28

backs Palestinian demands that East Jerusalem should be the capital of a future Palestinian state.

VOA: standard.2010.04.01

In this version the Sway Machinery backs up Arby's voice. (Speaking) Arby says the song is about working together in peace on the land, working together in understanding.

VOA: standard.2010.02.25

But even when parents follow all the guidelines, putting their babies to sleep on their backs, removing blankets and stuffed animals from their cribs, infants still die without warning.

VOA: standard.2010.02.08

But the mortals have turned their backs on their creators.

VOA: standard.2010.04.08

"They've shown that they want a choice in their lives. And I don't think the international community, not just the United States but the international community, can turn their backs on them,"

VOA: standard.2009.10.16

"These 19 years have broken our backs,"

VOA: standard.2009.12.16