Most anti-slavery men did not vote, because their names had been kept off the voting lists by pro-slavery officials.

VOA: special.2009.05.21

These people are current in their payments but unable to get lower interest rates because their home value has fallen.

VOA: special.2009.02.20

"So the mismanagement of the Iranian economy could in fact see a backlash of the Iranian population because their food prices are going up too.

VOA: special.2011.02.04

This is because their bodies have little or no resistance to the disease.

VOA: special.2010.04.20

Unlike kilims, these "pile" carpets are not flat, they are deep and soft because their surfaces are covered with the ends of thousands of pieces of yarn.

VOA: special.2009.11.04

Making a guitar with a solid body permitted the sound of the strings to last longer because their vibrating energy was not weakened by a vibrating sound box.

VOA: special.2009.09.27

"I see a lot more children who are coming into the office either because their parents have noticed that they have headaches or red or watery eyes or discomfort, or because their prescription, their near-sightedness, appears to be increasing at a fast rate and they're worried."

VOA: special.2011.08.01

That's why I chose the NAACP. Because their method was legal change through the court system, or through action by the Congress."

VOA: standard.2010.04.16

People with type 1, or juvenile,diabetes must keep a watchful eye on their blood glucose levels because their pancreases are not working normally.

VOA: standard.2010.04.15

Often parents don't realize there's a problem because their child does not look fat.

VOA: standard.2010.03.09

Professor Moseley said Malian farmers had planted more sorghum because the price of their cotton, a cash crop,had dropped.

VOA: special.2010.03.30

At that time,researchers studied more than seven hundred American soldiers who had had their spleens removed because of battle injuries.

VOA: special.2009.08.25

Some educators in Massachusetts say adopting the proposal will hurt their students because the state standards are even higher.

VOA: special.2010.03.25

They got this name because they wore on their coats a copper penny with the head of an Indian.

VOA: special.2009.10.22