"I will take the children on an outing as well. I will take them to the zoo or to the park.

VOA: special.2009.08.10

If they moved too fast, they would lose weight, and their owner would not get as much money for them.

VOA: special.2010.03.18

Emily Pidgeon says one way to help developing countries value mangroves is to see them as something that provides many services.

VOA: special.2011.05.10

Millions of immigrants coming to America passed the statue as ships carried them to the immigration processing center on Ellis Island.

VOA: special.2010.05.13

It urged them to form "as quickly as possible, a government that is inclusive and represents the will of the Iraqi people."

VOA: special.2010.08.07

They were big,rough fellows. They had chosen me as the only 'Dutchman' -- as they called me -- to make them laugh.

VOA: special.2010.08.01

Americans know about them mainly from a history of use as pack animals in Arizona and other areas of the desert Southwest.

VOA: special.2010.02.16

Brain imaging showed that nearly eleven percent of them had suffered what is known as a silent stroke.

VOA: special.2009.08.12

They were forced to withdraw. The Confederates moved slowly, then more quickly as Union troops chased them.

VOA: special.2009.12.17

Thirty of them had been identified as having mild autism, a form also known as high-functioning autism.

VOA: special.2010.12.21

But one thing is sure. Developing countries need more of them as more people get heart disease.

VOA: special.2010.06.29

As I handed them to him, I noticed that one had been torn in half and fixed with a piece of blue paper.

VOA: special.2009.01.17

You maneuver yourself around the classroom and enable the children to learn as opposed to telling them."

VOA: special.2011.03.10

The people in her photographs show themselves, but a great deal about them remains hidden as well.

VOA: special.2009.08.09