Roberta's quest to become a jazz musician began in her hometown of Turin,Italy, where she first learned to play clarinet.

VOA: standard.2009.12.23

She left Berkeley after just two years, to begin a spiritual quest to find what she calls her "truth."

VOA: standard.2010.05.21

"So it is a universal right. We are within the framework of a universal quest for democracy."

VOA: standard.2009.03.20

The rebel group failed in its violent quest to establishment an ethnic homeland on the island, which is dominated by the mainly Buddhist Sinhalese.

VOA: standard.2009.11.09

They find it very interesting." In their quest to win international audiences, Indian film producers are trying to break the mold and explore more contemporary themes.

VOA: standard.2010.07.22

which reviews the search for alien life and suggests ways to broaden the quest.

VOA: standard.2010.04.16

Crist was forced to abandon his quest for the Republican Senate nomination because he was badly trailing former state legislator Marco Rubio in the primary race.

VOA: standard.2010.05.04

Then they would come back later in the day." In the course of his bread quest, Alexander won second place in the New York State Fair bread competition.

VOA: standard.2010.07.16

He says the U.S.should be focusing on Iran's quest for nuclear weapons.

VOA: standard.2009.08.06

However,they are not giving up their quest for justice.

VOA: standard.2010.06.10

The latest audio recording, attributed to Bin Laden, again attempts to justify al-Qaeda's September 11,2001, terror attack on the United States as being part of the group's quest for the liberation of Palestine.

VOA: standard.2009.09.14

In an audio tape released last week, the spiritual leader of radical Somali Islamist group al-Shabab, himself from Somaliland, ridiculed the breakaway region's continued attempt at democracy and independent statehood, saying that despite its nearly two-decade quest the region remains isolated and politically divided.

VOA: standard.2009.09.07