They knew how to make iron. They knew how to use steam engines and other machinery.

VOA: special.2009.04.16

One day,a salesman came to the work area with a new drilling machine powered by steam.

VOA: special.2010.09.04

At first,the steam-powered drill worked two times faster than he did.

VOA: special.2009.02.21

But the threat of fire came with the new steam technology.

VOA: special.2009.11.11

Soon,the steam drill and other machines replaced the steel-drivers.

VOA: special.2009.02.21

But a little more than two months into 2010, some analysts say the U.S.recovery is losing steam.

VOA: standard.2010.03.02

"We are not backing away. We are going full steam ahead with our programs in Iran and across the region,again in order to create that space for civil societies to actually play the proper role that we would all understand in building more accountable democratic governing institutions,".

VOA: standard.2009.10.28