But that idea failed. So the agency decided to use the plane for what was then a new practice: smokejumping.

VOA: special.2009.11.24

The president's feelings were hurt when none of the party leaders thought that his idea was important.

VOA: special.2009.03.26

They tried to sell the idea that the old general was the only man who could defeat the candidate of the Democratic Party.

VOA: special.2009.03.12

That was when twenty-five students in a class taught by Thomas Zurbuchen first talked about the idea.

VOA: special.2009.02.16

The idea that dinosaurs and birds were somehow related first was reported in the nineteenth century.

VOA: special.2010.06.04

Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood was questioned earlier in the day and dismissed that idea.

VOA: special.2010.02.26

Bryan's main campaign idea was that the gold standard would ruin America's economy.

VOA: special.2010.07.01

The idea that species change was not new even in Darwin's time.

VOA: special.2009.12.01

McKinley's main campaign idea was that silver money would ruin the economy.

VOA: special.2010.07.01

And they had no idea that the Confederate army was nearby.

VOA: special.2009.10.22

That was the idea of a government health-insurance program.

VOA: special.2010.06.12

Louie never gave up on the idea that he could get through what he was going through, which is quite extraordinary given how far into extremity he went over his journey.

VOA: special.2011.05.04

Ting-Chi Wang leads us to the permanent exhibition called With a Single Step. She says that the exhibition about Chinese immigrants in America was based on the idea of a heros travels.

VOA: special.2010.03.03

"Rather than try to bring a lot of infrastructure to them and expect them to learn how to use the Internet, the idea was to make a technology that even Grandma could use, figuring that Grandma could probably walk up to a box and push a button."

VOA: special.2009.10.12