Many of these late nineteenth century houses would not have been built had it not been for a major tragedy.

VOA: special.2009.06.01

Masses of these monocytes leave the spleen in the event of an injury like a heart attack, wound,or infection.

VOA: special.2009.08.25

At the end of these travels, he decided that he liked the realistic methods he had learned from Robert Henri.

VOA: special.2011.03.13

Painters like Edgar Degas and Vincent Van Gogh used the sharp lines and off-centered look of these prints in their paintings.

VOA: special.2009.09.02

One of the most famous of these was when she told readers to "wake up and smell the coffee."

VOA: special.2011.04.24

She urged that control of these substances be given to biologists who could make informed decisions about the risks involved.

VOA: special.2010.03.14

Each side of these devices blocks a set of images that appear in a different form of polarized light.

VOA: special.2010.01.26

If another photon strikes one of these high-energy electrons, the electron releases two photons that travel together at the same wavelength.

VOA: special.2010.09.01

Naming expert Cleveland Evans explains that many of these names were traditionally female or male at one time or another.

VOA: special.2009.07.06

Lincoln hoped his words might ease the sorrow over the loss of these men and lift the spirit of the nation.

VOA: special.2009.11.12

One of these is deep-six. It means to hide something or put it where it will not be found.

VOA: special.2009.05.24

Some of these findings were presented recently at a meeting of the American Geophysical Union in Santa Fe,New Mexico.

VOA: special.2011.04.26

If several of these conditions are present at the same time, a person's body temperature may rise above safe levels.

VOA: special.2010.07.27

Many of these books told people what they wanted to hear -- that finding gold in the Yukon was easy.

VOA: special.2009.02.04