Bose's plight is familiar to millions of poor people, especially urban migrants who pour into the country's big cities every year, in search of work.

VOA: standard.2009.09.24

Mike Ritz, a former army interrogator, says the techniques are very familiar to anyone who has gone through what is dubbed SERE training - survival, evasion,resistance,and escape.

VOA: standard.2009.04.17

Gates told Asian defense officials they were all familiar with North Korea's tactic of creating a crisis and then demanding payment to end the crisis.

VOA: standard.2009.05.30

Every scene has familiar police markings - blood of the fallen, connections to drugs.

VOA: standard.2010.07.02

Ryan's story is all too familiar. According to government estimates, of the more than 30,000 U.S.highway deaths reported in 2008, about 12 percent involved drivers between the ages of 15 and 20.

VOA: standard.2010.06.24