This frame was load-bearing, meaning that the steel skeleton would support the building's weight, not its walls.

VOA: special.2010.03.31

But it was enough to cause the branches of the tree to drop their heavy load.

VOA: special.2010.05.01

On June sixth,nineteen thirty-three, workers poured the first load of a building material called concrete.

VOA: special.2009.08.12

An electric motor helps the operator pull a heavy load or go up a hill.

VOA: special.2009.05.11

At times,they were so close they had no time to load and fire their guns.

VOA: special.2009.11.26

The server drove back in the morning, with a fresh load of food.

VOA: special.2009.01.24

He sent the boat back home with a load of animal fur.

VOA: special.2009.11.11

That load weight is double the capacity of NASA space shuttles.

VOA: special.2011.04.11

They lighten the load of school bags.

VOA: special.2009.08.27

Another American,Jerry King, was on the ground at his U.S.base in England, helping to load planes with paratroopers and supplies.

VOA: standard.2009.06.02

Kingsley is excited as she and Abbott load a suitcase into the elevator to take her belongings to her new apartment.

VOA: standard.2010.02.23

"Right now a tractor-trailer load of illegal cigarettes will net the truck driver about $2 million in profit."

VOA: standard.2010.08.11

"The ocean is always rippling, and especially for smaller boats, it is extremely hard to load and unload containers in a stable way,"

VOA: standard.2010.01.04

driving at night with a car load of kids.

VOA: standard.2010.06.24

"I saw all these ships waiting out there,I am guessing, waiting their turns to load and unload the cargo, so,I said,Why do the ships come into the harbor?" Why not have the harbor go out there and bring the goods in?'" Researchers describe the mobile harbor as a lean, light system for unloading container ships even if the coastal area is too shallow for them to dock.

VOA: standard.2010.01.04