Professor Robinson says it is not clear when the first marriage between a black person and a white person took place.

VOA: special.2010.09.03

And when the pruning is done in August, the lambs -- well, you might not want to know this part.

VOA: special.2009.07.14

They actually make sure that certain streets get ploughed and other streets do not get ploughed when there is a snowstorm.

VOA: special.2011.04.25

On average, rhesus monkeys live about twenty-seven years in captivity, that is,when they live with humans and not in the wild.

VOA: special.2009.09.01

You know,the circulation, and the smell of your own panic, you know, when you're not sure what to do."

VOA: special.2010.07.26

It was not surprising that the North showed little sympathy when the fighting stopped and the South lay in ruins.

VOA: special.2010.02.04

The team learned that the birds traveled one way on days when fishing was permitted, and another way when it was not.

VOA: special.2010.03.02

But sixty-six percent agreed that a professor should consider effort and not just the quality of a student's work when deciding grades.

VOA: special.2009.03.12

She and her best friend still use it, especially when they do not want their children to know what they are talking about.

VOA: special.2009.12.04

This is when doctors find and possibly treat cancers that would not have shortened a woman's life.

VOA: special.2009.11.18

For instance,even native speakers are often not sure when to use "lie" and when to use "lay."

VOA: special.2010.02.11

When he did not obey, Bill Tilghman pulled out his gun and shot Ed Prather two times.

VOA: special.2010.03.10

And when someone tells you that the cards are stacked against you, he is saying you do not have a chance to succeed.

VOA: special.2009.11.22

However,the stories about Charlie Brown and his friends did not completely disappear when their creator died.

VOA: special.2009.10.25