The festival later expanded to include the parade and a big game in college football.

VOA: special.2009.12.28

Others,though,have forged rewarding careers in tribal schools, small businesses, and a big,new,thriving hotel in Monument Valley.

VOA: standard.2010.03.22

"It is going to be a big anti-incumbent year, and a big anti-Washington year, and what is still left a little bit up in the air after last night is how much that anti-incumbent wave, how disproportionately that anti-incumbent wave, will wash over the Democrats."

VOA: standard.2010.05.19

And it would create a group to identify and regulate companies that are so big, their failure could threaten the economy.

VOA: special.2010.04.16

The movie has been a big success. And it has introduced "Star Trek" to a new generation of fans.

VOA: special.2009.06.05

Ted Nash wanted to copy the idea of thrown paint musically by creating a composition that sounded big and free.

VOA: special.2010.03.24

It was a travelling show of animals and people working under a large tent, later known as the Big Top.

VOA: special.2009.01.11

They also hold big shares of Citigroup and a number of other banks, as well as sixty percent of General Motors.

VOA: special.2009.09.18

The United States is proposing a big conference on Afghanistan and wants to invite Iran, one of its neighbors.

VOA: special.2009.03.07

The term today most often is used to describe a powerful machine designed to clear away trees and other big objects.

VOA: special.2009.02.15

It stands about half a meter tall and has a blue body and a friendly face with big eyes.

VOA: special.2009.12.17

They are dangerous to breathe. And they are a big fire danger, causing many injuries and deaths each year.

VOA: special.2009.12.21

Most experts agree that the traditional music and dance of American slaves played a big part in the development of ragtime.

VOA: special.2010.01.24

He leads a big church in California and has sold millions of copies of books about "The Purpose Driven Life."

VOA: special.2009.01.19