Other things including high fat diets and reduced physical activity are also believed to be pushing the numbers upward.

VOA: special.2009.03.02

He alone, of all those around the president, would argue with Grant when he believed him to be wrong.

VOA: special.2010.02.11

The FBI provided the reporter with a list of ten criminals it believed to be the most dangerous.

VOA: special.2010.05.05

Before his death in nineteen eighty-three, Eubie Blake was believed to be the only musician still living who had played ragtime music.

VOA: special.2010.10.08

In nineteen seventy-three,Alice Walker placed a marker in Fort Pierce,Florida, where Hurston is believed to be buried.

VOA: special.2009.02.22

The new president believed it would be easier to get statehood for California and New Mexico than to create territorial governments for them.

VOA: special.2009.03.12

Alexander Graham Bell believed one day machines would be invented to help deaf people hear and speak.

VOA: special.2010.05.14

Some cattlemen believed it might be possible to walk cattle to the railroad, letting them feed on the open grassland along the way.

VOA: special.2010.03.18

They believed a better way to the railroad could be found, with plenty of grass and water.

VOA: special.2010.03.18

But the cattlemen believed they had proved that cattle could be walked long distances to the railroad.

VOA: special.2010.03.18

She believed it was important that Americans be able to study such fine art at home.

VOA: special.2009.07.12

He gave military officers the power to arrest civilians believed to be hostile to the Union.

VOA: special.2009.08.20

Baby care experts had believed that babies must be fed at the same times every day or they would grow up to be demanding children.

VOA: special.2009.03.15

Many people became Mormons. They believed themselves to be a special people chosen by God.

VOA: special.2009.05.28

He believed it might be best to let Lee escape than to take a chance on losing what remained of the Army of the Potomac.

VOA: special.2009.11.05

He believed America should be a place that belongs to rich and poor people alike.

VOA: special.2010.06.20

This marble statue is widely believed to be the goddess of love and beauty.

VOA: special.2010.06.23