Throughout the course of its history, the United States has opened its doors to fugitives from tyranny in other lands.
His anecdotes were amusing, but what did they have to do with his central topic?
The mayor won't be reelected unless she can consolidate the groups supporting her.
There, in the very heart of the noisy and grimy city, was a truly beautiful little park.
Although the ideals of my youth have been mauled by hard experience, they have not been totally destroyed.
Rarely in our history has one man so dominated the federal government as Franklin D. Roosevelt did during his four terms.
The rural population of the United States is growing smaller, but farms are as important as ever to the nation.
The young man who seemed so quiet and docile turned out to be well informed and to have strong opinions of his own.
Evidence showed that the lawyer had tried to tamper with the witnesses by offering them bribes to change their testimony.
I suspected that his expression of happiness was counterfeit and that he was really jealous of our success.
It wasn't very tactful of you to tell her that her new eyeglasses were out of style.
Imagine someone as changeable as George having the nerve to say that I'm the fickle one in the family!
Larry got good grades on the midterm tests, but he is headed for trouble because he hasn't done an iota of work since then.
I know from personal experience how much harm smoking can do, and I entreat you not to get started on that miserable habit.
In modern hospitals, everything possible is done to prevent mistakes resulting from human fallibility.