You can spend a great deal of time making an object only for it to break in the kiln.

VOA: special.2009.09.09

The severe economic crisis -- the Great Depression -- created an atmosphere for artistic imagination and creative expression.

VOA: special.2011.04.14

The trains pass by the Great Wall of China, an Egyptian pyramid,Paris' Eiffel Tower, the Taj Mahal in India -- thirteen structures in all.

VOA: special.2010.12.20

I lay awake nights,wishing to find the perfect lens - an instrument of great magnifying power.

VOA: special.2011.06.18

I lay awake nights, wishing to find the perfect lens an instrument of great magnifying power.

VOA: special.2009.07.18

During this time the United States was in an economic decline known as the Great Depression.

VOA: special.2010.05.02

DeMille gained a great deal of fame with the kind of movie known as an epic.

VOA: special.2009.05.31

But it takes a great deal of skill to become an expert at wheel throwing.

VOA: special.2009.09.09

It is able to show scientists what an object is made of from great distances.

VOA: special.2009.09.30

"The Great Gatsby" proved that he had become an expert in the art of writing.

VOA: special.2010.11.28

They did not expect an easy life. And as time passed, they found solutions to most of the problems of farming on the Great Plains.

VOA: special.2010.04.15

Visitors leave the great dam with an understanding of how difficult the project was.

VOA: special.2009.08.12

The device shows scientists what an object is made of from great distances.

VOA: special.2009.12.30

He is an expert on the causes of the Great Depression.

VOA: special.2009.08.28