Still,with all these difficulties, ten-thousand troops made it to Washington in the first few weeks of the Civil War.

VOA: special.2009.08.20

I saw it clearly -- all a dull blue, with a horrible veil over it that chilled my bones;

VOA: special.2009.05.16

Marcelo D2 became famous when he created a new form of hip-hop by mixing it with the Brazilian music called samba.

VOA: special.2009.11.25

Two weeks ago, a Dutch drug-maker,Crucell, announced it will work with GlaxoSmithKline to jointly develop a new malaria vaccine candidate.

VOA: special.2010.04.20

This is a four-team grouping that contains three or four strong teams - all with hopes of winning it all.

VOA: special.2010.06.09

Historians say the yellow press was so powerful it helped push the United States into war with Spain in eighteen ninety-eight.

VOA: special.2009.08.28

It was responsible for more than four and one-half percent of all the years people lived with disability.

VOA: special.2009.09.08

Yes,it was this! He had the eye of a bird, a vulture -- a pale blue eye, with a film over it.

VOA: special.2009.05.16

Douglas said he agreed with every word of it except,he said, seventy-five thousand soldiers would not be enough.

VOA: special.2009.08.13

It is a nationwide program that connects people over age fifty-five with elementary school students from low-income families.

VOA: special.2010.07.16

So math -- or,as the British call it,maths -- is still not everyone's favorite subject even with the latest technology to teach it.

VOA: special.2011.04.21

We coat the outside with these muscle cells. We place it back into this oven-like device.

VOA: special.2010.10.19

It says it will work with manufacturers of high-energy products to try to improve energy use.

VOA: special.2009.07.17

In eighteen seventy-one, Germany declared that it would no longer support its paper money with silver.

VOA: special.2010.06.17