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

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

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

VOA: special.2009.08.31

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

They are calling it "terrific" and "a masterpiece."

VOA: special.2010.11.26

The Turkish Parliament passed a motion calling for a complete review of all political,economic and military ties with Israel.

VOA: standard.2010.06.03

Mr.Singh's comments come in the wake of a United Nations Security Council resolution calling on all countries to sign the treaty.

VOA: standard.2009.09.29

It was nicknamed Swine Flu, although a few months later public health experts began calling it by its proper name: H1N1.

VOA: standard.2009.12.25

Civil society groups are calling on President John Atta-Mills' government to draw up a comprehensive biofuels policy to reconcile these issues.

VOA: standard.2009.08.23