Twitter says its service provides a way for people to stay connected to others, through messages describing what they are doing at that moment.

VOA: special.2009.02.06

He was describing the child Tiny Tim in the book "A Christmas Carol."

VOA: special.2010.06.06

Margaret Smith, a leader in Washington society at that time, wrote a letter describing the scene: Ladies fainted, men were seen with bloody noses and such a scene of confusion took place as is impossible to describe - those who got in could not get out by the door again, but had to scramble out of windows.

VOA: special.2009.01.19

Pakistani authorities say security forces detained Taliban spokesman Muslim Khan and four other key militant commanders in what they are describing "a successful" military raid just outside the main town of Mingora in the Swat Valley.

VOA: standard.2009.09.11