These days, instead of turning paper pages, many readers reach for handheld devices.

VOA: special.2009.07.24

And I think about all of the opportunities that are still beyond reach for too many young women, and too many of our sisters and brothers,and mothers and aunts -- all of the glass ceilings that have yet to be shattered."

VOA: standard.2010.03.08

The group says less time passes for an earthquake shock wave to reach a measuring instrument than in the past.

VOA: special.2009.03.17

The nomination is expected to reach the full Senate for a vote before the Democratic-controlled Congress leaves for its August break.

VOA: special.2009.07.18

It called for an increase in global efforts in order to reach the goals for ending the worst forms of child labor.

VOA: special.2010.05.17

On June fourth, Mallory and team member Andrew Irvine left their base camp for the team's final attempt to reach the summit.

VOA: special.2010.06.30

She was in Paris. Some of her stories were never used because it took too long for them to reach the magazine.

VOA: special.2010.04.25

Even with the ADA, a lot of work remains to reach the goal of equality for the disabled -- and not just in America.

VOA: special.2010.07.28

The festival started as a way for musicians in Austin to reach out to larger audiences.

VOA: special.2009.04.03

Today's Latino baseball players say Roberto Clemente opened doors for them to reach their goals in a sport that had not always treated them equally.

VOA: special.2010.04.11

But he never got to reach one of his goals: health coverage for all Americans.

VOA: special.2009.08.29

For two days,since the ship sank, the four men had been struggling to reach land.

VOA: special.2010.03.06

Republican Senator John McCain, the party's presidential candidate in two thousand eight, praised him for his ability to reach across party lines to pass important legislation.

VOA: special.2009.09.13

With specially cooled tracks and racing equipment, it is not unusual for luge athletes to reach speeds of one hundred forty kilometers an hour or more.

VOA: special.2010.02.10

Cover the items in plastic once they reach the right "critical temperature" for storage.

VOA: special.2009.11.30

But the soldier was too far away for her voice to reach him.

VOA: special.2009.12.12

It took three weeks for Grant's men to reach the steamboat landing.

VOA: special.2009.11.19

But Dennis Jin disagrees: For high school students in China, we must reach class at six-twenty in the morning and be back home sually at ten in the evening.

VOA: special.2010.10.14

All for the chance to reach the top of the world.

VOA: special.2010.06.30