At the age of sixteen, Lena found work as a dancer at the famous Cotton Club in New York City.

VOA: special.2010.05.23

At sixteen,Lena began dancing and singing in the famous Cotton Club in the Harlem area of New York.

VOA: special.2010.05.14

In two thousand eight, scientists reported on a study of cotton grown in six provinces in northern China.

VOA: special.2010.05.25

They had to work. By the time Sarah was five years old, she was picking cotton in the fields with her family.

VOA: special.2010.03.28

The former cotton picker and beauty technician now was the only licensed black woman pilot in the world.

VOA: special.2011.06.12

As a result, the study in China found that the cotton plants could also help protect nearby crops against damage by the insects.

VOA: special.2010.05.25

Today eighty percent of the cropland for soybeans, maize and cotton in the United States is transgenic.

VOA: special.2010.04.27

They say the population increases are related to drops in insecticide use on the cotton crop.

VOA: special.2010.05.25

Cotton was a crop that grew well in the rich, dark soil near the river.

VOA: special.2010.03.28

Much of the cotton grown in northern China is a Bt variety made by Monsanto.

VOA: special.2010.05.25

In an empty corner, she replaced her cotton stockings for the new silk ones.

VOA: special.2009.09.05

He took a low-paying job in a factory that produced cotton cloth.

VOA: special.2010.02.25

Of the 400,000 tons of cotton it produced last year, far less than one percent actually stayed in the country.

VOA: standard.2010.03.08

But some people think cotton producers could make a better profit, if their crops could be used in Burkina Faso.

VOA: standard.2010.03.08