Millions of radio listeners heard a voice from the Cape Canaveral control room say: "This is it,Alan Shepard,there's no turning back.

VOA: special.2011.05.15

It is cut to the chase. She heard that expression when she attended an important meeting of one company.

VOA: special.2010.07.25

People who have never heard of a macaron usually confuse it with the much better known treat spelled with two Os,the macaroon.

VOA: special.2010.04.12

Then I heard a noise, and I knew it was the sound of human terror.

VOA: special.2009.05.16

You have just heard the story "The Line of Least Resistance. It was written by Edith Wharton and adapted for Special English by Dona de Sanctis.

VOA: special.2009.01.31

One of their big Motown hits was "I Heard It through the Grapevine."

VOA: special.2009.05.11

It happens mostly in children. Ever heard of a greenstick fracture?

VOA: special.2009.02.04

And some years later,I heard that that fella did come up witha bumper sticker slogan and made a lot of moneyoff of it.

VOA: standard.other

"Basically it's a freedom of expression,". Jansen says that while she has heard from frustrated educators about the new kinds of mistakes in spelling and grammar in student work, the expanding means of expression brings benefits to the classroom as well.

VOA: standard.2010.01.16

"The bus went into the middle of the desert and at a certain moment the call to prayer came just lilting through the desert - first time I've ever heard it - and then the bus stopped and all of those colorful people got off the bus."

VOA: standard.2010.05.21