A calf is a young cow. A young female cow, especially one that has not yet had a calf, is called a heifer: H-E-I-F-E-R.

VOA: special.2009.07.21

The sign is formed by a line across the right foot of the letter "R."

VOA: special.2009.03.22

Today,it is the easily-recognized capital "R" with a line across its foot.

VOA: special.2009.03.22

Many people hear it and think it is Mary,M-A-R-Y, instead of M-E-R-R-Y.

VOA: special.2009.12.21

by Frank R.Stockton. Here is Barbara Klein with the story.

VOA: special.2009.04.18

The I.R.S.is the federal tax agency.

VOA: special.2009.11.02

The address is u-s-a-l-e-a-r-n-s dot o-r-g.

VOA: special.2009.01.15

The giant R.J.Reynolds Tobacco Company's headquarters is in Winston-Salem, and Winston is the name of one of Reynolds' best-known cigarette brands.

VOA: standard.2010.03.18

are 39.H.R.3590 as amended, the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act is passed,"

VOA: standard.2009.12.25

The historic community is thriving again. Just as R.J.Reynolds is taking in millions of dollars making cigarettes across town, Old Salem is generating about $15 million a year in tourism revenue and donations.

VOA: standard.2010.03.18

"His name is John Barovetto, B-a-r-o-v-e-t-t-o.

VOA: standard.2010.05.31

Richard Milner is working on his next book,which explores the art of Charles R.Knight, the American painter of dinosaurs, ice age mammoths and saber-toothed cats, whose work adorns the walls of the American Museum of Natural History in New York, the Field Museum in Chicago and other institutions.

VOA: standard.2009.11.25