A listener wanted to know if Billie Jean is considered a girl's name, or if it can be used as a boy's name.

VOA: special.2009.07.06

Parson Walker's wife was very sick once, for a long time, and it seemed as if they were not going to save her.

VOA: special.2009.08.29

But if the plan succeeds, it could serve as a model for America's biggest carmaker,General Motors.

VOA: special.2009.05.01

A doctor can use this test to tell if a patient might have the disease, as well as by studying the patient's medical history.

VOA: special.2009.01.06

Now,one of them moved closer, slowly,as if to test the old mans strength.

VOA: special.2010.02.27

It's not as if you are looking at the Canada game as your first game,". "I mean those are important games.

VOA: standard.2010.01.12

"Also it took away a lot of your fear of melodrama as well because it felt kind of seismic, if that's the right word.

VOA: standard.2009.11.23

So it's much more targeted and it doesn't address HIV as if it's a generalized epidemic.

VOA: standard.2010.07.07

And if Karadzic's trial is going to do that, let's do it as soon as possible,".

VOA: standard.2009.10.26

and I think it makes it so that when you take your kid, if you're a mom, it's really fun for to you to watch as well.

VOA: standard.2010.05.19

She says U.S.engagement with Burma's military government, known as the State Peace and Development Council, could be positive, but only if Washington remains firm in pushing for change.

VOA: standard.2009.09.24

"You might take this as a general principle, that if you have revolutionary transformations, it's extremely difficult to go back to legal,legitimized, constitutional transfers of power that revolutionary settlements, in fact,are quite dangerous as a precedent.

VOA: standard.2009.09.01

The U.N.chief said his role would be as an advocate for the world's poorest people, who he fears will suffer the most if donor countries reduce their international assistance or do not fulfill their aid commitments.

VOA: standard.2009.03.25

U.S.Defense Secretary Robert Gates said in a Senate hearing that the missile tested by Iran was likely in the lower end of a 2,000 to 2,500 kilometer capability, but added U.S.officials could not yet say if it hit its target as claimed by Tehran.

VOA: standard.2009.05.20