Mary Chapin Carpenter describes real events such as Hurricane Katrina, landing on the moon,and protests by religious workers in Burma.

VOA: special.2010.05.28

Someone with his head in the clouds is a person whose mind is not on what is happening in real life.

VOA: special.2009.03.08

Real La Nina events have been linked with cooler than normal temperatures on the surface waters of the Pacific Ocean.

VOA: special.2009.09.29

Later,in the United States, some people would put a real chip on their shoulder as a test.

VOA: special.2010.01.17

But the thirty-four year old actor has taken on an important role in real life as well.

VOA: special.2009.05.08

However,the museum store will sell you real Spanish coins that were found on the famous ship.

VOA: special.2010.03.22

She wrote that racism became real for her like the turning on of a light.

VOA: special.2009.10.04

The group does this through the performance of personal stories based on real life experiences.

VOA: special.2009.03.27

But she based the characters on real people she knew growing up.

VOA: special.2010.07.08

"But most of the people on Twitter that I see are actually trying to have a substantive discussion a real conversation about topics that are interesting to them.

VOA: special.2009.09.14

The subject is based on real events.

VOA: special.2010.06.23

In fact,I would argue that if kids could actually see real live conflict going on that is both frank but also resolvable, it teaches the child to begin to have better conflict resolution."

VOA: special.2011.08.10

Dr.Paul Offitt of Children's Hospital of Philadelphia says it is time to move on and find the real cause for autism.

VOA: standard.2010.03.23

The purpose of these exercises is to save lives in the future, when Marines are sent out on real missions.

VOA: standard.2010.04.06