These are big celebrations that bring out a lot of powerful and wealthy people.

VOA: special.2009.01.19

But it was once the capital of a large and powerful Armenian kingdom.

VOA: special.2010.11.03

She was a powerful activist for the rights of women.

VOA: special.2009.10.18

British ships,with the help of planes launched from an aircraft carrier, destroyed a powerful German battleship, the Bismarck on May 27,1941.

VOA: special.2011.06.09

An airplane had flown over the area where the birds were kept and spread a powerful chemical called DDT.

VOA: special.2010.03.14

The term today most often is used to describe a powerful machine designed to clear away trees and other big objects.

VOA: special.2009.02.15

Jackson's doctor became the subject of a police investigation after admitting he gave Jackson a powerful drug to help him sleep.

VOA: special.2010.01.02

More than one thousand people were killed when a powerful earthquake struck western Indonesia at the end of September.

VOA: special.2010.01.12

The muscular man is working hard to control a powerful drill that is cutting through the rock that surrounds him.

VOA: special.2009.03.23

All that and more is urgently needed after a powerful earthquake wrecked much of Haiti's capital on Tuesday.

VOA: special.2010.01.16

Flem Snopes marries into a powerful family but his wife does not even have a name for him.

VOA: special.2010.01.10

"But she never expected you to do things the right way. And that is a very powerful thing."

VOA: special.2010.12.10

I wanted to make a powerful lens that would let me see even the smallest parts of life.

VOA: special.2009.07.25

The summit was moved from an island to the area in central Italy where a powerful earthquake struck just three months ago.

VOA: special.2009.07.11