The Skyhook was an emergency device designed to rescue people in areas that were hard to reach, such as spies in enemy territory.

VOA: special.2009.01.14

They were designed to hold as many as nine passengers and twelve thousand pieces of mail.

VOA: special.2010.04.26

Maya Lin also designed a private home known as "The Box House" in Telluride,Colorado.

VOA: special.2009.05.06

This test is designed to measure skills in English as spoken in the workplace.

VOA: special.2009.01.15

He found work as a creator of advertising campaigns designed to sell products.

VOA: special.2010.05.02

Those races continued under the new president. But there were other activities as well, designed to promote a healthy lifestyle.

VOA: standard.2009.04.13

The trial has been widely condemned as a sham designed to keep her locked up through next year's controversial elections.

VOA: standard.2009.06.19

They are known as "second generation" drugs, designed to alleviate side effects of older "first generation" medicines that often caused muscle spasms and stiffness.

VOA: standard.2010.07.08

The mock exercises are designed to be as realistic as possible.

VOA: standard.2010.07.26

And the Jordanian monarch came to the White House last week as a prelude to a new round of personal diplomacy by the president designed to get the Israeli-Palestinian peace process back on track.

VOA: standard.2009.04.26

Despite all the controversy and concern, FIFA executive Warner says he hopes for the best in Nigeria, as part of the series of events designed by FIFA to test African organizational capacities leading up to the World Cup in South Africa next year.

VOA: standard.2009.10.22

(SAYING) On the southern coast - known as the Costa del Sol - block after block of apartments lie empty or half finished, many of them designed for foreign buyers who have long since abandoned the idea of investing in Spain.

VOA: standard.2010.06.24