But the job of a critic is to sometimes pan the work of a writer, artist or singer.

VOA: special.2010.04.25

The New York City street where most music publishers had their offices was called "Tin Pan Alley."

VOA: special.2009.02.08

In September,nineteen-oh-one, President McKinley made a major foreign policy speech at the Pan-American Fair in Buffalo,New York.

VOA: special.2010.07.29

Slowly,they moved the water around in the pan until most of the dirt and water washed away.

VOA: special.2009.02.04

Sometimes,critics may pan a movie or play so severely that no one will go to see it.

VOA: special.2010.04.25

They placed dirt and rocks in a pan and then filled it about half way with water.

VOA: special.2009.02.04

It also works with the World Food Organization and the Pan American Development Foundation to help Haitians,especially after the food shortage riots last year.

VOA: special.2009.11.25

Today's word,pan, takes us back to the days of the gold rush in California.

VOA: special.2010.04.25

First a gold miner put dirt in a metal pan and added water.

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Then he shook the pan so that the water would wash the dirt.

VOA: special.2010.04.25

"Man With a Pan" also includes an essay by the author Stephen King.

VOA: special.2011.08.08

George Gershwin was one of the youngest piano players in Tin Pan Alley.

VOA: special.2009.02.08

But,as actors have pointed out, sometimes a critic's pan turns up gold.

VOA: special.2010.04.25

In recent years, the word pan has taken on another meaning.

VOA: special.2010.04.25

Tin Pan Alley publishers needed another way to sell new songs.

VOA: special.2009.02.08

Later, he became a professional photographer for Pan American World Airways.

VOA: special.2009.01.14

Add the solution to a metal pan of cool water.

VOA: special.2010.08.02

Slowly,he poured the water out of the pan.

VOA: special.2010.04.25

For many, gold mining did not pan out.

VOA: special.2010.04.25