On December twenty-fourth,nineteen-oh-six, radio operators on ships in the Atlantic Ocean near the American coast began hearing strange things.

VOA: special.2010.12.08

The plan would combine the operators of the New York Stock Exchange and Germany's Frankfurt Stock Exchange.

VOA: special.2011.02.18

They are able to speak privately with trained operators about contraceptive methods and about health clinics.

VOA: special.2010.05.03

Piracy has a high economic price for ship owners and operators.

VOA: special.2009.05.27

People use a metal call box with a push-to-talk button to connect to a live operator, as Rose Shuman explains: "You just push a button, a big green button, and that will connect you directly to our operators who are sitting in front of computers, and speak your language.

VOA: special.2009.10.12

"On Sal and Boavista Islands is that the big tour operators are coming, and they are building these all-included hotels.

VOA: standard.2009.06.04

Bligh says the ship's operators would be held liable for the costs of the massive cleanup operation.

VOA: standard.2009.03.13

And Rutherford, like most tourism operators, believes the World Cup will help the economy in the long-term.

VOA: standard.2010.06.03

But some operators are less pleased. Loren Rutherford of Nomad Adventure Tours says higher air fares to South Africa have hurt her moderately-priced camping safaris.

VOA: standard.2010.06.03

So it started as self-defense, but I think some operators, they realized very quickly that with piracy you can earn much more money than you can as a descent fisherman.

VOA: standard.2009.10.30

Still,houseboat operators say their livelihood is threatened.

VOA: standard.2009.12.16

Spokesman Ken Haldin says a combination of testing by BP, the Environmental Protection Agency and landfill operators, including Waste Management, should ensure that debris from the oil cleanup can safely be added to household waste in these facilities.

VOA: standard.2010.08.05