The gene is a transporter of serotonin, a brain chemical involved with mood and desire for food.

VOA: special.2009.06.24

Early in his career, he continued President Kennedy's desire for social change by helping to pass the Civil Rights Act of Nineteen Sixty-four.

VOA: special.2009.09.13

Another time she would have ignored the desire for food until reaching her own home.

VOA: special.2009.09.05

"Babbitt," from nineteen twenty-two, humorously criticizes America's desire for goods and its sales industry.

VOA: special.2009.03.13

With the gold they found in the mountains came a desire for further improvement.

VOA: special.2009.06.06

He spoke of America's desire for peace, and to seek the common good.

VOA: special.2009.01.24

"With economic growth and expansion comes the desire for more political freedom.

VOA: special.2011.02.04

Love is the opposite of the desire for power.

VOA: special.2010.01.10

Mr.Obama won the presidency in 2008 largely because of the public's desire for change and concerns about the domestic economy.

VOA: standard.2010.01.06

The Obama administration's desire for a viable U.S.auto industry might include the resignation of one of its major players.

VOA: standard.2009.03.30

Secretary Gates indicated the pace of the transition could roughly match President Karzai's stated desire for his forces to be operating on their own in five years.

VOA: standard.2009.12.09

(Speaking) Mr.Gbagbo says that thanks to the support of the international community, and in particular thanks to the work and desire for peace of his fellow Ivorians, the electoral process has entered an irreversible phase.

VOA: standard.2009.09.29

This young man must struggle between his moral beliefs and his desire to seek punishment for his father's death.

VOA: special.2010.01.06

There is also debate about the desire of some Internet providers to offer special treatment to sites willing to pay for it.

VOA: special.2009.09.25