One version says his friends started calling him Bingo, and later Bing, after characters in a local comic strip, the Bingville Bugle.

VOA: special.2009.03.16

Andy answered. "I have been calling on her three nights a week for more than a month."

VOA: special.2010.04.24

Dr. Hunter thinks calling it a syndrome, as in computer vision syndrome, is a little much.

VOA: special.2011.08.01

Today we tell about the development of what scientists are calling a synthetic cell - a cell produced by people instead of by nature.

VOA: special.2010.07.20

Somalia's Prime Minister is calling for a halt to ransom payments to pirates and kidnappers.

VOA: special.2009.04.25

The delegates passed a declaration calling for voting rights for women, among other demands.

VOA: special.2009.03.13

That was when a Louisiana newspaper writer began calling New Orleans by this name.

VOA: special.2010.03.14

The researchers developed a document they are calling a Monsoon Asia Drought Atlas.

VOA: special.2010.05.25

It had been a long concert. Yet the crowd kept calling for more.

VOA: special.2009.01.25

He and his team are calling for a worldwide ban on lead-based paint.

VOA: special.2009.08.31

This is a time for calling attention to the value of mentoring.

VOA: special.2011.01.27

Tyler vetoed two bills calling for the creation of a national bank.

VOA: special.2009.02.05

The pro-slavery legislature passed a bill calling for such a convention.

VOA: special.2009.05.21

Calling for higher taxes can mean defeat for a politician.

VOA: special.2009.12.06