Many other funny men spoke as though they came from other countries.

VOA: special.2009.07.19

I felt as though I wasn't myself anymore, I felt I had lost everything,".

VOA: standard.2009.12.25

"It ranged from looking at me when I would ask a question as though something was very strange and then some other student would ask the same question and the teacher would say, 'This is an astute observation.' (SAYING...) Despite a gradual increase in women graduating with undergraduate and graduate degrees in science fields, the gap between men and women remains significant in the U.S.workplace.

VOA: standard.2010.03.26

"It has become increasingly clear that Tony Blair misled parliament on more than one occasion and I think that MPs were invited to make their own judgment on the merits of the case for war and they were entitled to do so on the truth and it looks very much as though that the truth was withheld from parliament and many MPs may well have made a different decision if they had had the full unvarnished truth,".

VOA: standard.2009.12.13

They wanted to help, even though many of them were as poor as the Anderson family.

VOA: special.2009.01.18

Though smaller than the Hope Diamond, gemologists say the Cullinan Diamond is just as beautiful.

VOA: special.2010.11.12

Now,as of July first, all new loans will go though the direct loan program only.

VOA: special.2010.04.15

Now they are overwhelmingly female even though they started out as male.

VOA: special.2009.07.06

"It was good. Not as good as first one,though.

VOA: special.2010.06.14

They walked slowly though the garden as they talked.

VOA: special.2009.05.30

Though he was born to one of the wealthiest families in the United States, Kennedy earned a reputation as a defender of the underprivileged.

VOA: standard.2009.08.26

even though they have been designated as foreign terrorist organizations by the State Department.

VOA: standard.2009.10.01

The number of these attacks and the resulting casualties remained at the 2004 levels though, and as of yet have not rekindled a cycle of ethno-sectarian type violence,".

VOA: standard.2009.03.31

"Even though,as Leo pointed out, it looks like a thriller, the glue that holds it together is varying levels of tenderness: for your wife,for your child, for your patient,for your friend."

VOA: standard.2010.02.27