But he dropped out one year later after someone gave him a guitar.

VOA: special.2010.01.29

Malaria kills about one million people annually, and 9 out of 10 of them are Africans.

VOA: standard.2009.04.25

The names and ages of the victims were read out one by one.

VOA: standard.2009.10.10

Poor Billy! A bullet came out of the sky one day and tore a great hole in Billy's chest.

VOA: special.2009.12.12

"You cannot choose your own classes. And you don't have the right to drop out of one of them."

VOA: special.2009.11.05

They say the technology for making flutes out of ivory is much more complex than for making one out of bone.

VOA: special.2009.08.18

But then Micky gets one more chance in the ring,under one condition: his family has to stay out of his career.

VOA: special.2011.02.21

One day his mother said When Pierre climbed out of bed Good morning,darling boy, you are my only joy.

VOA: special.2009.10.05

She likes to point out that cooking is not one of the skills that she brings to the family.

VOA: special.2010.02.19

The law said a man who was drafted could stay out of the army by doing one of two things.

VOA: special.2009.10.29

The recession has hit especially hard in California, home of the world's eighth largest economy and one out of eight Americans.

VOA: special.2009.07.31

The researchers say they found one nearly complete flute made out of bones from a bird the griffon vulture.

VOA: special.2009.08.18

Ashe was winning the game. One official told him he would lose if he walked out of the game.

VOA: special.2010.02.07

So on Valentine's Day she might go out to dinner with one of them or babysit for her grandchildren.

VOA: special.2010.02.08