And the World Cup is where the beautiful game appears at its best -- and sometimes its worst.

VOA: special.2010.06.09

The worst times were when he was flat broke and had no money at all.

VOA: special.2009.10.04

At its worst, the crisis affected nearly a third of world air travel.

VOA: special.2010.04.23

So really at a worst-case scenario, with the volcano still going strongly, we could get airspace affected for the next few days."

VOA: standard.2010.04.17

A major conference in Copenhagen at the end of the year will focus on ways to mitigate the worst affects of global warming.

VOA: standard.2009.08.30

"The unemployment rate could,could, at its worst be over 10 percent before it starts to get better,"

VOA: standard.2009.04.02

"The worst traffic in the cities we looked at was in Beijing and Mexico City."

VOA: standard.2010.07.26

At worst,the effort would be counter-productive and would not reduce the threat at all.

VOA: standard.2009.10.15

This latest incident comes at a time when Afghanistan is witnessing its worst violence of the eight-year-long war following the ouster of the Taliban from power in 2001.

VOA: standard.2009.09.12

President Zardari has been harshly criticized by some within the Pakistani community in Britain, as well as from back home, for taking this trip - especially at a time when Pakistan is experiencing the worst flooding in decades.

VOA: standard.2010.08.06