The current version of the law, signed by George W.Bush eight years ago,is known as the No Child Left Behind Act.

VOA: special.2010.03.18

The bill,known as the Sherman Silver Purchase Act, would have the government buy four-and-one-half-million ounces of silver each month.

VOA: special.2010.06.03

Several years later, researchers discovered the exact cause of pellagra: a lack of the B vitamin known as niacin.

VOA: special.2009.01.27

A medical aid program in Kenya offers hope to women and girls suffering from a condition known as fistula.

VOA: special.2010.08.09

The museum,also known as the Met, was created in eighteen seventy by a group of businessmen, artists and thinkers.

VOA: special.2010.08.04

Many students save money by starting their education at a two-year public college, also known as a community college.

VOA: special.2010.04.08

He landed in California. He left a hole so deep that to this day it is known as Death Valley.

VOA: special.2009.11.28

A listener named Maki would like to know if the test known as the TOEIC is popular in the United States.

VOA: special.2010.02.18

The Cleveland Clinic says the cause of cluster headaches is in a brain area known as a trigeminal-autonomic reflex pathway.

VOA: special.2010.03.30

To prevent that from happening, American Secretary of State John Hay proposed what became known as the "Open Door" policy.

VOA: special.2010.07.29

One example he uses in his two thousand eight book is Huddie Ledbetter, the singer and guitarist known as Lead Belly.

VOA: special.2010.01.25

The first movie ended with Carrie Bradshaw marrying the man of her dreams, John Preston, better known as Mister Big.

VOA: special.2010.06.14

It belongs to the same family of bacteria as those that cause tuberculosis and Hansen's disease, also known as leprosy.

VOA: special.2009.04.06

You can walk among the large rocks known as Bear Rocks and pick blueberries and huckleberries from low-growing bushes.

VOA: special.2009.07.20