You might also be able to stop an elephant or a hippopotamus by shining lights in their eyes.

VOA: special.2010.07.27

Archeologists are able to estimate the age of these objects by dividing layers of dirt into time periods.

VOA: special.2009.08.18

People will be able to buy private policies through marketplaces called exchanges to be administered by the states.

VOA: special.2010.03.24

His friends became concerned. One by one, they asked him if he was able to drive home safely.

VOA: special.2009.07.19

The program may no longer be able to pay all its hospital bills by two thousand seventeen.

VOA: special.2009.05.15

Some people with epilepsy may be able to control their seizures by controlling what they eat.

VOA: special.2010.10.26

The researchers were able to identify asbestos even in places eighty-percent covered by dry grass.

VOA: special.2009.11.17

She was able to do so by reading the school books before the students did.

VOA: special.2010.04.25

He was able to do this even in the difficult positions demanded by the part.

VOA: special.2010.03.07

After listening for a while, Esperanza was able to play the music by ear.

VOA: special.2010.04.09

Some people are able to lead other people by the nose.

VOA: special.2009.09.13

"Because the NBA has a free agency system that has a maximum salary, the players in this case were able to exercise their leverage in an unanticipated way by bringing the three of them together.

VOA: special.2010.07.26

"What I'm really hoping to hear from you is several concrete steps that you're going to take moving forward that will be able to re-ignite my generation, re-ignite the youth who are beset by student loans.

VOA: special.2010.09.24

"These creative methods that people have come up with by using wireless technology will be able to be accessed by millions of people, whereas other technology using electricity and landlines would not have been that accessible."

VOA: special.2011.05.16