One morning the family set out in their wooden boat with fishing poles to catch some supper.

VOA: special.2009.02.28

But in measuring distance, one degree shrinks from about one hundred nine kilometers at the equator to nothing at the north and south poles.

VOA: special.2010.07.14

Men everywhere seemed to be putting up poles with strings of wire for carrying telegraphic messages.

VOA: special.2009.02.22

But they need less space because they twist around poles or sticks.

VOA: special.2009.03.24

Twenty-four-year-old Lukasz Pawlowski says he agrees with the ban, if only because it protects the feelings of older Poles.

VOA: standard.2009.12.16

But these days, many younger Poles are more likely to see communism as a source of satirical fun and creativity.

VOA: standard.2009.12.16

By 1989,at age 33, he'd achieved that goal, becoming the first person to walk to both the North and South Poles.

VOA: standard.2009.12.10

Robert Swan says he is bringing to Copenhagen that same spirit that led him to the North and South Poles twenty years ago.

VOA: standard.2009.12.10

"where the atmosphere holds more water moisture, where the poles are melting, where we seeing the oceans acidify, not for our grandchildren, but for us.

VOA: standard.2010.04.21

Many Poles assumed the U.S.decision to cancel the shield was an attempt to cozy up to Russia, which was strongly opposed to the original plans.

VOA: standard.2009.10.22

And,Poles can now be fined or even imprisoned if they are caught with a red star, a hammer and sickle or even a Che Guevara t-shirt.

VOA: standard.2009.12.16

to protect Poland, no matter what. But during his visit, Vice President Biden did his best to reassure Poles that the U.S., and NATO,were still on their side.

VOA: standard.2009.10.22

The bar is called Pewex, the name of a chain of hard-currency stores from the communist era where Poles could buy Western products if they had the dollars.

VOA: standard.2009.12.16

But for many Poles, Chopin is the embodiment of their nation's spirit.

VOA: standard.2010.03.04

The aircraft crashed while the 60-year old President Kaczynski was on his way to memorial ceremonies at Russia's Katyn area, where 22,000 Poles were killed by Soviet forces,70 years ago.

VOA: standard.2010.04.10

We'd seen garage and rubbish at both poles.

VOA: standard.2009.12.10

Poles still view the Red Army invasion as an act of aggression, especially the Katyn Forest massacre, in which some 22,000 Polish soldiers, police and intellectuals were murdered by Soviet forces in 1940.

VOA: standard.2009.09.01

(recording) As one woman in Warsaw explains, politicians and the press have been getting very upset about the missile shield, but ever since Poland joined NATO ordinary Poles have felt much stronger and more secure.

VOA: standard.2009.10.22

"He will also have to reassure the Poles and the Czechs who I think are feeling a little nervous as to whether they are deemed bargaining chips and might be traded away in some efforts with the Russians.

VOA: standard.2009.07.15

But Adam Burakowski, a political analyst at the Polish Academy of Sciences, has told the Polish Radio External Service that the victim count also included Poles and other non-Russians who were made Soviet citizens after the war.

VOA: standard.2009.09.01

Shops are open; people are at work. But many Poles are also asking questions such as why so many of the country's political leaders were traveling on one plane and why, if as Russian authorities say, the pilot ignored warnings against trying to land in poor weather conditions.

VOA: standard.2010.04.12

People in Poland have very emotional attitudes to politics, and when he is saying something like that people think, 'oh,we will have something like a totalitarian regime if the president is also from Platforma,'" Makowski adds that the summer holiday season may also affect the vote, since wealthier Poles tend to support Komorowski and many will be leaving for vacation over the weekend.

VOA: standard.2010.07.03