Using a mortar and pestle, the fruits are slightly pounded to remove the shells from the fruits without breaking the seed inside."

VOA: special.2011.06.14

There,Darwin noted that levels of rock extending high above the sea contained the fossil remains of shells.

VOA: special.2009.02.25

They rushed to the harbor and cheered as the bursting shells lighted the dark sky.

VOA: special.2009.08.13

It could be sawdust or agricultural waste like grain hulls, cocoa or coffee shells.

VOA: special.2009.06.22

More than four-thousand shells had been fired during the thirty-three hours of fighting.

VOA: special.2009.08.13

On Wednesday,artillery shells hit the only remaining hospital in the area of fighting.

VOA: special.2009.05.16

Scientists are using recycled shells as part of an oyster reproduction program.

VOA: special.2010.12.07

But the forts were so strong that the shells caused little damage.

VOA: special.2009.09.10

And they could hear the sounds of shots and exploding shells.

VOA: special.2009.08.27

Soon the sun's warmth makes them shed crystal shells Shattering and avalanching on the snow-crust-- Such heaps of broken glass to sweep away You'd think the inner dome of heaven had fallen.

VOA: special.2010.09.17

Huge amounts of shells and gunpowder were exploded.

VOA: special.2009.12.17

She studied the sea shells she found.

VOA: special.2009.06.28

The Spanish fired first. The shells missed.

VOA: special.2010.07.15

Shells set the trees on fire.

VOA: special.2009.11.26

Historian and naval officer Samuel Eliot Morison described the fighting this way in his book "The Struggle for Guadalcanal": "For us who were there, or whose friends were there, Guadalcanal is not a name but an emotion, recalling desperate fights in the air, furious night naval battles, frantic work at supply or construction, savage fighting in the sodden jungle, nights broken by screaming bombs and deafening explosions of naval shells."

VOA: special.2011.06.23