No dear,Nature made you so perfectly that this small defect shocks me as being a sign of earthly imperfection."

VOA: special.2009.09.26

In the ruling, Chief Justice John Marshall described a corporation as an "artificial being" that is a "creature of the law."

VOA: special.2010.03.05

He saw outsider artwork as being free from the worries of competition and social acceptance that define the official art world.

VOA: special.2010.04.14

The elections are being seen as a vote on Mister Maliki's leadership ahead of national parliamentary elections to be held later this year.

VOA: special.2009.02.07

The group of now extinct humans known as Neanderthals did not leave clear evidence of being musical.

VOA: special.2009.08.18

These groups are known as Greek letter societies or as being part of the Greek system.

VOA: special.2009.09.25

The World Health Organization says pregnant women should take the antiviral drug Tamiflu as soon as possible after they show signs of being sick.

VOA: special.2009.08.18

The designs and images on the surface of a tapestry are woven into the cloth as opposed to being only on the surface of the cloth.

VOA: special.2009.11.04

They are successful today as a result of someone else being successful.

VOA: special.2010.05.09

I mean,this reports shows that thirteen million babies are born every year preterm, and that over a million of those babies die as a result of being born too early."

VOA: special.2009.10.19

"It was never conceived of as being the cheapest car.

VOA: special.2009.03.28

is the concept of man as a heroic being, with his own happiness as the moral purpose of his life, with productive achievement as his noblest activity, and reason as his only absolute."

VOA: special.2010.06.06

"In England,like in the United States, bilingualism is seen as something special and unique and something to be commented on and perhaps work towards, whereas in many other parts of the world being bilingual is just seen as a natural part of life."

VOA: special.2011.03.09

Those payments were being made as the floundering company received billions of dollars in government aid to avoid bankruptcy.

VOA: standard.2009.03.16