I was glad to see his two friends, Tom and Joe, coming down the road as the sun began to set.

VOA: special.2009.07.04

When Zephyr also has,with his sweet breath, Quickened again,in every holt and heath, The tender shoots and buds,and the young sun...

VOA: special.2011.01.05

But another engineering student from India,Bikramjeet Singh Grewal, says he does not have time for much fun in the sun.

VOA: special.2010.05.27

This song is about the happiness that the season promises, including going to a "county fair in the country sun."

VOA: special.2009.06.22

The American space agency's Dawn spacecraft began circling Vesta, a member of the asteroid belt that orbits the sun.

VOA: special.2011.07.27

He left the cold, black shadow of the lander and stepped into the blinding white light of the sun.

VOA: special.2009.07.15

This is because lighter colors take in less of the strong heat of the sun than dark colors do.

VOA: special.2009.08.19

She made a second recording of Elvis's songs because she thought the owner of Sun Records should hear him sing.

VOA: special.2010.04.04

He says a dense, competitive crop that quickly shades the soil from the sun will help reduce weed growth.

VOA: special.2011.07.26

Astronomers use the observatory to study the positions and movements of the Earth, sun,moon and other objects in space.

VOA: special.2009.09.21

There is also something else you will need to make the solar water heater work -- the sun.

VOA: special.2009.04.20

I was born on the plains where the wind blows free, and there is nothing to break the light of the sun.

VOA: special.2010.04.01

Some canopies have narrow strips of metal or wood to provide either sunlight or shade, depending on the position of the sun.

VOA: special.2011.08.09

The answer: solar panels. Energy from the sun powers the satellite dishes and computers that link the areas with the world outside.

VOA: special.2009.02.16