New Hampshire,in the northeast area called New England, is The Granite State because of that colorful rock.

VOA: special.2009.08.16

Because of that, some people joked that Barbie could not legally become president of the United States.

VOA: special.2009.04.06

"And because of that about 100 million people were still trapped in poverty because of higher food and fuel prices,".

VOA: standard.2009.04.24

Because of that, over time he realized that we were abusing the ocean, but people up there didn't know that because they had never seen what was underwater."

VOA: standard.2010.06.18

"Because of that negative stereotype, girls are more likely to believe that they are less able in math compared to boys who have similar grades and tests scores in math."

VOA: standard.2010.03.26

So Los Angeles is sometimes called The Big Orange because of the fruit that grows in that city's warm climate.

VOA: special.2010.01.03

That is because the force of the object hitting Jupiter pushed very reflective particles high into the planet's atmosphere.

VOA: special.2009.08.25

There were no great surprises that night because the winners of the awards had been announced three months earlier.

VOA: special.2009.02.20

They said the government acted because of fears that the crisis would cause a run on the banks.

VOA: special.2009.04.26

Tom Farnquist says shipwrecks are exciting because they preserve a detailed picture of maritime life that can be hundreds of years old.

VOA: special.2009.11.11

And the most famous of these is the one that scientists call Lonesome George because he is the last of his kind.

VOA: special.2009.12.16

It is because of his work that the wild forest at Biltmore has an ordered and peaceful look.

VOA: special.2009.11.16

He said the world knows of her because of a single act of bravery that struck a deadly blow to racial hatred.

VOA: special.2009.03.08

"He hated me because of the problem that I had. He eventually left me and married another woman."

VOA: special.2010.08.09