But his designs were so different, so extreme, that banks were not willing to lend money for the projects.

VOA: special.2010.05.30

He also knew how police think. So,he did not hide the letter where he knew they would look for it.

VOA: special.2009.12.26

"In Mexico we're used to like for, for more for couples, not like so for friends and stuff.

VOA: special.2010.02.08

They were not ready for self-government. So,there was nothing for us to do but to take them all.

VOA: special.2010.07.22

Many parents do not have the money to buy books, so sometimes the teachers pay for them.

VOA: special.2009.08.24

The critic Malcolm Cowley says, "Others might say that Faulkner was not so much writing stories for the public as telling them to himself.

VOA: special.2010.01.03

So I'm looking for prosperity in twenty-ten." Malia from Virginia does not make too many resolutions.

VOA: special.2009.12.28

The circus has been popular for so long that it is not surprising that words and expressions connected with it are part of everyday speech.

VOA: special.2009.01.11

So,it is probably not the safest secret language for those really private talks.

VOA: special.2009.12.04

So,he did not ask Congress for a declaration of war right away.

VOA: special.2010.07.15

Mister Amaya even buys the flour for his pastas from an American producer so that he does not have to import flour from as far away as Italy.

VOA: special.2009.04.10

He said the Union of states was permanent -- that the men who built the Union did not do so only for themselves, but for all future Americans.

VOA: special.2009.03.19

You can find other advice online. For example, we learned that sod should not be placed so that the ends of the pieces are all in a line.

VOA: special.2009.07.07

and the forces of nature. I dreaded that first robin so, But he is mastered now, And I'm accustomed to him grown-- He hurts a little though I dared not meet the daffodils, For fear their yellow gown Would pierce me with a fashion So foreign to my own.

VOA: special.2010.07.18