An application is a software program that lets users do a task -- like listen to music or find directions.

VOA: special.2010.06.22

An A is worth four points, a B three points, a C two points and a D one point.

VOA: special.2009.03.05

About the size of a small dog, echidnas look like a mixture of a porcupine, an anteater,a pig and a mole.

VOA: special.2009.07.07

It was like going to a different planet. It was beautiful, it was an amazing,a frightening just yet invigorating experience."

VOA: special.2010.06.21

He also invented the Skyhook, an air rescue system that involved an airplane and a large helium balloon.

VOA: special.2009.01.14

He continued working in his mother's theater company as an actor and a manager until nineteen thirteen.

VOA: special.2009.05.31

To do that,go to chea.org As soon as you are accepted, make an appointment for a visa interview at an American embassy or consulate.

VOA: special.2009.07.16

"Attend a sleepover,have a play date, watch TV or play computer games, be in a school play, get any grade less than an A."

VOA: special.2011.02.17

Two other traditions for welcoming the New Year are a midnight kiss and an attempt to sing a song that almost no one knows.

VOA: special.2009.12.28

Shays led a thousand war veterans in an attack on a federal building in Springfield, Massachusetts.

VOA: special.2009.01.25

Mr. Zorn says he believes he has a duty as an American citizen and as a citizen of the world to take action against genocide.

VOA: special.2009.01.28

Only after both the House and Senate have reached an agreement on a bill can it be presented to the president for his final approval.

VOA: special.2009.08.14

An arrangement, a little bit of a simplified version of it, where they're going to be doing 'Ode to Joy' with the Orchestra of St.Luke's."

VOA: special.2011.07.11

When Americans say wildcat, they usually mean a lynx, an ocelot or a bobcat.

VOA: special.2009.11.08