But she based the characters on real people she knew growing up.

VOA: special.2010.07.08

She based the design on a German doll named Bild Lilli.

VOA: special.2009.04.06

The only hope for the young man was based on the success of the princess in discovering this mystery.

VOA: special.2009.04.18

The revolution is based on the work of scientists who study the movement of the continents a process called plate tectonics.

VOA: special.2010.01.12

In the Nivkh language of Siberia, each number can be said twenty-six different ways based on the object being counted.

VOA: special.2009.12.02

The mind is the collection of activities based in the brain that involve how we act, think,feel and reason.

VOA: special.2010.04.13

It can be made locally. A group based in the United States, IDE,International Development Enterprises, has created programs in different countries.

VOA: special.2009.08.17

Now,Paul Wyatt says a drug based on the research could be ready for testing in humans within eighteen months.

VOA: special.2010.04.07

Built like a robot, this building can change, based on the conditions of the climate and city around it.

VOA: special.2010.03.31

The driver follows the directions and makes turns based on sounds that the steering wheel makes when it is turned.

VOA: special.2009.11.03

Last December, the Australia-based company Invetech reported that it had delivered the world's first production model 3-D bio-printer for Organovo.

VOA: special.2010.10.19

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

Three scientists based in the United States have won the two thousand nine Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine.

VOA: special.2009.10.07

Pete Yorn says the idea for the album was based on the songs of French entertainer Serge Gainsbourg and actress Brigitte Bardot.

VOA: special.2009.10.09