The money is to be used to build schools, roads and medical clinics.

VOA: standard.2009.05.04

This year,most performances took place in the center of Washington in a group of old buildings that used to be businesses.

VOA: special.2009.08.05

It used to be that players in professional sports could change teams only if they were traded, sold or released.

VOA: special.2010.07.26

He said these men would be used to get control of forts and other federal property seized from the Union.

VOA: special.2009.08.13

Charles Wortmann at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln says a one-time tillage may be used to correct a problem like aggressive weeds.

VOA: special.2010.09.28

There used to be a time when the quickest way to travel across the western United States was in a stagecoach.

VOA: special.2010.04.26

The money will be used to meet emergency needs, such as water,food and shelter for homeless people in Haiti.

VOA: special.2010.04.02

This is shown in the fact that the most popular baby names are not as popular as they used to be.

VOA: special.2009.07.06

This year there are some two-hour plays. There used to be just an hour play and a lot of monologues."

VOA: special.2009.08.05

The new launch vehicle would be used to carry the supplies and equipment needed to explore space beyond the moon.

VOA: special.2010.04.28

He thought their ideas about nonviolence and disobedience could be used together to win equal rights for black Americans.

VOA: special.2011.01.17

Green bush beans used to be called string beans because of fibers along the pods containing the seeds.

VOA: special.2009.03.24

Signs of climate change include an increase in rain when there used to be only snow, new plant life,and melting ice sheets.

VOA: special.2009.06.03

There were some who thought the earlier Missouri Compromise could be used to settle the issue of slavery in California,Oregon,and New Mexico.

VOA: special.2009.02.26