And the other part about it is if feathers were twice as heavy, or half as strong, then birds couldn't fly."

VOA: special.2010.06.01

One description said it was like sitting in the driver's seat of a small car, while wearing two heavy raincoats.

VOA: special.2009.06.17

But my chest felt heavy, and my heart pounded in my body as if it were going to explode.

VOA: special.2010.08.01

Banks in Austria,Italy and Sweden that expanded into the area during good times are now in danger of heavy losses.

VOA: special.2009.03.06

The BP company pumped heavy drilling fluids,known as mud, into the top of its damaged well in the Gulf of Mexico.

VOA: special.2010.08.07

It seemed as if a heavy body was thrown against the table with a force that pushed against his chest.

VOA: special.2009.10.31

And something did. The following winter, the winter of eighteen fifty-one, is still remembered for the heavy snows in the mountains.

VOA: special.2009.06.06

Most of the stories were short. There was heavy use of color and images and things like opinion polls.

VOA: special.2009.04.20

Intensively used grasslands are also harmed as the soil is continually crushed under the weight of heavy animals.

VOA: special.2010.01.19

The causes of heat stress include wearing heavy clothing, physical work or exercise, hot weather and high humidity.

VOA: special.2011.08.09

The heavy pack on his back let him think of what he would do when he got home.

VOA: special.2010.06.26

Researchers found large reductions in heavy,or binge, drinking in young people between nineteen seventy-nine and two thousand six.

VOA: special.2009.08.07

They are the amount a person drinks on average and heavy drinking at one time, called "binge drinking."

VOA: special.2009.09.08

The artist asked French engineer Gustave Eiffel to build a steel support to hold the heavy statue.

VOA: special.2010.05.06