Some college presidents and others have suggested that a lower drinking age could have the effect of reducing alcohol abuse.

VOA: special.2009.08.07

At the age of sixteen, Lena found work as a dancer at the famous Cotton Club in New York City.

VOA: special.2010.05.23

Doctors say eating right and exercising should begin at a young age so that children will not grow into obese adults.

VOA: special.2010.06.07

About thirty percent of workers age sixteen to twenty-four with less than a high school diploma were unemployed last month.

VOA: special.2009.08.20

At the age of six or seven years old, Emmanuel became a soldier for the Sudan People's Liberation Army.

VOA: special.2009.10.14

For each country, researchers estimated the probability that a fifteen-year-old today will die an early death before the age of sixty.

VOA: special.2010.05.05

A separate study has found that age, gender and where a person has extra body fat may affect the risk of migraine.

VOA: special.2009.03.18

It is a nationwide program that connects people over age fifty-five with elementary school students from low-income families.

VOA: special.2010.07.16

At age eleven, the young drummer received a full scholarship to the Berklee College of Music in Boston,Massachusetts.

VOA: special.2009.10.02

The problem was that he was so much a part of the age he described, the "Roaring Twenties."

VOA: special.2010.11.21

The study found that worldwide, more than two and a half million people age ten to twenty-four died in two thousand four.

VOA: special.2009.09.28

Her sister became a sculptor. After finishing high school at the age of eighteen, Diane married Allan Arbus.

VOA: special.2009.08.09

She was very intelligent. At a very early age she decided she wanted to be a writer someday.

VOA: special.2010.03.14

It may last a few seconds, but it can get worse and worse with age, leading to a heart attack or stroke.

VOA: special.2010.02.17