But if the North refused a peaceful separation, then the South would be faced with the choice of surrender or fight.

VOA: special.2009.03.26

He faced winds blowing more than one hundred twenty kilometers an hour, and ocean waves at least twenty meters high.

VOA: special.2009.03.22

The United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization estimates that more than one billion of the world's people faced hunger last year.

VOA: special.2010.01.11

Theodore Roosevelt faced the responsibilities of foreign policy with the same strength he used in facing national problems.

VOA: special.2010.08.12

His earlier efforts at financial reform have faced strong opposition from financial companies and some members of Congress.

VOA: special.2010.01.22

He also set a team record by striking out fourteen batters, including the last seven he faced.

VOA: special.2010.06.18

By sunrise the next day, Lee's seventy thousand men faced a Union army of ninety thousand men.

VOA: special.2009.11.05

New protests groups would be formed in a few years when farmers once again faced hard times.

VOA: special.2010.04.15

Settlers in the American west also had a problem faced by many people in the world today.

VOA: special.2010.04.15

He helped secure the deal, which faced objections from a rural community unprepared for huge crowds.

VOA: special.2009.08.10

The American public was also increasingly becoming aware of the huge environmental problems the country faced.

VOA: special.2010.04.21

When he took office several months later, he faced the most serious crisis in American history.

VOA: special.2009.07.16

The United States now faced the problem of what to do with the new lands.

VOA: special.2009.02.26

He said the doctors, like many relief workers in Haiti, faced a shortage of supplies and had to be creative with the equipment they had.

VOA: special.2010.02.01