The students work with activities on their computer screen and wear a headset and microphone to talk to their tutor.

VOA: special.2011.04.21

People who grew up listening to it are now old enough to listen with their own children, or even their grandchildren.

VOA: special.2009.10.08

These people are current in their payments but unable to get lower interest rates because their home value has fallen.

VOA: special.2009.02.20

They have a language of their own. Some of the words and expressions deal with the special areas of their work.

VOA: special.2010.07.25

Everyone wanted gold. They took their paper money and their silver to the government and exchanged them for gold.

VOA: special.2010.06.17

Tim Whittman says the smugglers often threaten their victims and make it difficult for them to pay their debts.

VOA: special.2010.06.14

The Harlem Renaissance was a period in which black artists explored their culture and showed pride in their race.

VOA: special.2009.02.22

More than ten thousand five hundred scientists rated their satisfaction with issues like their pay, health care and retirement plan.

VOA: special.2010.09.28

Often,their songs teach young people about human rights and fighting for their freedoms so they can have a better future.

VOA: special.2009.11.25

They had plenty of food and a good roof over their heads and the river ran close to their door.

VOA: special.2009.02.28

Some people like to Google their friends or themselves to see how many times their name appears on the Internet.

VOA: special.2009.04.19

The idea was to make it easier for prisoners to rejoin their communities after they served their jail sentences.

VOA: special.2010.03.31

He saw the rushing forms of the gray wolves, their shinning eyes, their long wet tongues and sharp teeth.

VOA: special.2010.02.27

These ideas included what he saw as the repressed feelings of sons toward their mothers and daughters toward their fathers.

VOA: special.2010.04.13