One is based on Scrabble, the board game where players try to form words from letters with different point values.

VOA: special.2011.02.10

BP is the British-based energy company that operated the well and leased the Deepwater Horizon from the rig's owner,Transocean.

VOA: special.2011.04.23

DeMille's epic movies were based on the settling of the American West, Roman history or stories from the Bible.

VOA: special.2009.05.31

But then she and several others from the institute decided to create their own way to support community-based science education.

VOA: special.2011.07.11

It is based on the story of a fairy from heaven who comes to Earth and marries a cowhand on a farm.

VOA: special.2010.02.08

The Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act bars insurance companies from rejecting people based on genetic test results.

VOA: special.2010.03.23

This was mainly from selling ads aimed at users based on what they post on Facebook.

VOA: special.2010.05.28

The word "ballet" comes from the French language, and is based on the Italian word "balletto."

VOA: special.2011.01.26

Scientists say extensive observations from earth-based telescopes are needed to confirm the existence of the planets.

VOA: special.2011.02.09

Most of the charges were based on Johnson's removal from office of his secretary of war.

VOA: special.2010.01.28

Mostly they gather dust. But a project based in Washington is putting unwanted bikes from the United States to good use in developing countries.

VOA: special.2009.11.16

He points out that traditional flowerpots made from petroleum-based plastics can last much longer.

VOA: special.2010.06.01

They start running ads. This is what they always do" But some objections are based on cost estimates from an independent agency, the Congressional Budget Office.

VOA: special.2009.08.14

The law bars police from detaining anyone based on ethnic or racial appearance.

VOA: special.2010.07.03

Nienke Beintema from the Washington-based International Food Policy Research Institute led the study.

VOA: special.2011.05.03

The request is based on a law from eighteen fifty-one.

VOA: special.2010.06.04

What we're trying to do here is to change the system in the United States from one that is based on the time that is spent in the seat to one that is based on your actual accomplishments."

VOA: special.2010.02.25

Russia,according to Mr.Medvedev, must move from an economy based on natural resources to innovation and high tech, which will require democratization.

VOA: standard.2009.11.12