Monteiro says Cape Verde's northern islands of Sal and Boavista have more spectacular beaches, which attract foreign tourists.

VOA: standard.2009.06.04

The Navajos have their own red-rock tribal park, called Monument Valley, that's every bit as spectacular as U.S.national parks elsewhere in the Southwest.

VOA: standard.2010.03.22

It is said the planned attack was guided by senior militants in Pakistan who hoped to mount a so-called 'spectacular' strike against the West.

VOA: standard.2009.09.07

A White House spokesman said President Obama viewed Michael Jackson as a spectacular performer but noted that his life had sad and tragic aspects.

VOA: standard.2009.06.26

"Sitting in my chair in mission control, looking out at the view was just spectacular."

VOA: standard.2010.02.18

Baitullah Mehsud and his network of fighters and suicide bombers have wreaked havoc in Pakistan with a series of spectacular terrorist attacks across the country.

VOA: standard.2009.06.18

The World Cup is meant to be fun. And,the government is giving its all to make sure visitors are not disappointed, that these Games are spectacular.

VOA: standard.2010.05.29

Health Affairs editor Susan Dentzer says the rapid advance of information technology, along with declining prices, presents what she calls a spectacular opportunity in poor and middle-income nations.

VOA: standard.2010.02.24

And a spectacular upset!

VOA: standard.2009.12.24

U.S.officials, including the number-two American commander here, Army Lieutenant General Charles Jacoby, say such occasional spectacular attacks are,in a way, evidence of the decline of al-Qaida in Iraq, which once staged dozens of attacks every day.

VOA: standard.2009.12.11

"Because a film like this can appeal to people who want to go for their thrills and spills and their big action spectacular and it will appeal to people who want to go and be stimulated intellectually.

VOA: standard.2010.07.16

One of the things that a lot of observers have been concerned about is the fact that there could be a change in tactics away from the kind of spectacular and very difficult operations to conduct to operations that could be launched in far greater numbers and might have less individual impact but which in the aggregate could sow a great deal of terror.

VOA: standard.2010.05.05