In recent years, a shining city grew in the desert of Dubai on and even off -- the Gulf coast.

VOA: special.2009.12.04

Bob Doughty and Faith Lapidus tell about some of the winning American athletes on and off the ice and snow.

VOA: special.2010.02.26

Jackie Robinson had difficulty on and off the baseball field, but he did not let that interfere with his game.

VOA: special.2009.04.05

You would not want to get off one horse and on to another in the middle of a river.

VOA: special.2009.07.12

Post would fly the plane. On June twenty-third,nineteen thirty-one, Post and Gatty took off from Roosevelt Field in New York.

VOA: special.2011.04.27

The team of students and research volunteers set off on a three-week boat trip to examine the area.

VOA: special.2009.09.22

They used light-sensitive molecules to turn on and off nerve cells in the deep brain structure of mice.

VOA: special.2009.04.07

His tall hat flew off and soldiers found it on the ground with a bullet hole through it.

VOA: special.2010.05.10

"In short,our goal is to get G.M.back on its feet, take a hands-off approach and get out quickly."

VOA: special.2009.06.05

For example, you might see a W.W.E.wrestler jump off the ropes and land on top of his opponent.

VOA: special.2010.02.19

The findings suggest that thinning during the on-crop year can increase the value of off-year pecan crops.

VOA: special.2009.11.10

This was often dangerous, because guards on the train would throw the men off or arrest them.

VOA: special.2010.06.13

President Richard Nixon gave federal government workers the day off to watch the moon landing on television.

VOA: special.2009.07.15

Engineers had to boil off the remaining oxygen by turning on a heater in the tank.

VOA: special.2009.07.22