And I'm Faith Lapidus. These are important days for makers of sweets and sellers of flowers.

VOA: special.2010.02.08

That is easier to do these days because more hotels and vacation areas permit pets.

VOA: special.2009.02.23

For several days,it seemed that all these states would secede and join the southern confederacy.

VOA: special.2009.08.13

These days, people are coming from all over to visit Hyde Park and Kenwood.

VOA: special.2009.01.12

Aspirin competes with many other medicines for pain and fever these days.

VOA: special.2009.10.20

But if people enjoy fine dining, if people enjoy entertaining, they're always looking for ways to enjoy their friends and family and impress them and have wonderful food, but not everyone has the time these days to prepare things themselves.

VOA: special.2010.04.12

Business and civic activists are holding various meetings these days to discuss how to avoid yet another revolt in Kyrgyzstan.

VOA: standard.2010.04.15

"And,all those public buildings," "In particular, the main hospital in Ouagadougou has been flooded and patients have been evacuated these days.

VOA: standard.2009.09.05

But these days, many younger Poles are more likely to see communism as a source of satirical fun and creativity.

VOA: standard.2009.12.16

"They would say, 'We shall be wiring money to these schools in a month's time, in a week's time', and the days would go by."

VOA: standard.2010.03.04

But heavy rains are complicating further efforts to reach these areas by land and the weather forecast for the region calls for more storms in the coming days.

VOA: standard.2009.10.06

"Keep in mind that many of the things that are still voluntary these days and will get you a decent amount of publicity and a marketing advantage will eventually become legislated,"

VOA: standard.2009.03.30

"Despite the fact that the prevailing diplomatic winds these days blow in the direction of diplomacy alone, I believe with all my heart that diplomacy and sanctions are not mutually exclusive."

VOA: standard.2009.10.28

These days Old Salem is what's called a living history museum, with exhibits,music, and tours of 18th-Century houses,taverns and Moravian dormitory buildings just seven blocks from the tallest skyscraper in Winston-Salem.

VOA: standard.2010.03.18

It's wonderful. And one of the things that we have going for us is that people are becoming a lot more food-savvy these days and are willing to be a little more adventurous."

VOA: standard.2010.07.14