A large number of the telegraph lines were going in all directions, as crooked as the vines that grapes grow on.

VOA: special.2009.02.22

In all,seven of the ten top countries sent more students last year, just as the economic downturn was worsening.

VOA: special.2009.11.26

All together, this mass of waste floating in the North Pacific Ocean is known as the Great Pacific Ocean Garbage Patch.

VOA: special.2009.09.22

Some men made as many as thirty trips before they had all of their supplies at the top.

VOA: special.2009.02.11

I shall make sure, as the Constitution orders me to do, that the laws of the Union are obeyed in all the states.

VOA: special.2009.07.30

"I firmly believe in the rule of law as the foundation for all of our basic rights.

VOA: special.2009.05.30

t seems as if nature had saved all her ruggedness to pile it up in this colossal form of the Guadalupe Peak ...

VOA: special.2010.04.26

"Now,with the advent of cellular technology, most of the people we do reach, such as the Maasai pastoralists, they all have cell phones.

VOA: special.2009.11.03

The WBCA was established to unite coaches at all levels of the game and to develop basketball as a sport for women and girls.

VOA: special.2009.03.29

And,she hopes that more travelers of all nationalities will see themselves as ambassadors who have a long term responsibility to the places they visit.

VOA: special.2009.04.22

As bad as those chemicals are, nicotine may be the most threatening of them all.

VOA: special.2010.03.09

He says that as a child he did not understand why his father did not live with him and his mother all of the time.

VOA: special.2009.12.13

Now,as of July first, all new loans will go though the direct loan program only.

VOA: special.2010.04.15

The Guinness World Records lists that record as the best-selling album of all time.

VOA: special.2009.07.05