They used a system of measurement called the Body Mass Index to define words like obese and overweight.

VOA: special.2009.07.21

"I offer Catholic Mass,' cause I'm a Catholic priest by profession,and so it is actually the feast day of Mary,Mother of God.

VOA: special.2009.12.28

He and his team studied tree mass, dead wood and soil carbon in twenty-five mangrove ecosystems in the Indian and Pacific Oceans.

VOA: special.2011.05.10

It involves the relationship of energy, mass and the speed of light, written as the letter c.

VOA: special.2010.07.16

Cities in the United States and Europe have increased security in and around their mass transportation systems.

VOA: special.2010.04.03

"Mass" is the closest Mister Bernstein ever came to joining the styles of Broadway and classical music.

VOA: special.2009.08.02

Brian Jungen's sculptures skillfully explore both mass culture and tribal culture in new and interesting ways.

VOA: special.2009.11.13

She was trying to gather strength and courage to push through a mass of busy shoppers.

VOA: special.2009.09.05

Because the prints were mass-produced and not original works, they were not costly.

VOA: special.2009.09.02

And,he captured them temporarily to record their mass, length and estimated age.

VOA: special.2009.07.07

Moments that were days in the birth of fire and stars, moments of the struggle of all man and finally moments that showed the great mass of all humans' spirit.

VOA: special.2010.05.08

More than ninety percent of these jobs will be in the private sector -- jobs rebuilding our roads and bridges, constructing wind turbines and solar panels, laying broadband and expanding mass transit."

VOA: special.2009.02.27

They also encourage people to work from home on a regular basis and use mass transit when they do commute.

VOA: standard.2010.07.26

In the same beachside neighborhood, a truck and tangled mass of corrugated steel are wedged against the house of Fai Faaita.

VOA: standard.2009.10.06