Marcelo D2 became famous when he created a new form of hip-hop by mixing it with the Brazilian music called samba.

VOA: special.2009.11.25

This is called rotational grazing, and we received a question from Zhang Guohui in China about how it works.

VOA: special.2009.01.06

Doctors used a catheter and placed two mesh tubes, called stents, into a blocked artery to help keep it open.

VOA: special.2010.02.17

President Obama notes that it was Theodore Roosevelt who first called for health care reform nearly a century ago.

VOA: special.2009.09.12

They called it a sacrifice to research that led the way to one of the greatest medical discoveries of the century.

VOA: special.2009.01.27

Some people say it was a fitting subject because Cecil B.DeMille often was called the greatest showman in Hollywood.

VOA: special.2009.05.31

Doctor Supachai Rerks-Ngarm, who led the study for the Thai Ministry of Public Health,called it a scientific breakthrough.

VOA: special.2009.09.30

The administration sent its general ideas to Congress in what it called "A Blueprint for Reform" to develop the next education law.

VOA: special.2010.03.18

Clay becomes very hard when it is put in a fire or a special oven called a kiln.

VOA: special.2009.01.12

One was called "Empire". It showed a filmed image of the Empire State Building in New York City.

VOA: special.2010.09.05

It is called "Caramelos". Cruz tells about a candy seller singing in the streets about his delicious goods.

VOA: special.2011.05.08

A Baltimore newspaper first called it that during the nineteen twenties when the manufacture and sale of alcohol were banned for a time.

VOA: special.2009.08.16

The Sri Lankan army has been leading what it called a "final push" against Tamil Tiger rebels.

VOA: special.2009.05.16

It was called "L'il Folks." It showed a little boy with a round face named Charlie Brown.

VOA: special.2009.10.25