Later,Alfred Wegener said the continents had once been part of a huge area of land he called Pangaea.

VOA: special.2010.01.12

It's been part of our human evolution. And it goes from very basic to extremely baroque things.

VOA: special.2009.09.09

Sports have long been part of popular culture.

VOA: special.2011.04.12

Reagan says almost from the time his father first learned he was ill, he has been part of a national campaign to raise public awareness about this devastating and heartbreaking illness.

VOA: standard.2009.12.04

The software has been used as part of a vaccination program that has greatly reduced measles deaths in Africa.

VOA: special.2010.05.03

In one part of the state of Oaxaca, potters have been making black clay containers in the same way for centuries.

VOA: special.2009.09.09

They were thought to have been designed in Paris and woven in Brussels, then part of the Netherlands.

VOA: special.2009.11.04

This has been the second part of the story "A Princess of Mars" by Edgar Rice Burrows.

VOA: special.2010.07.17

The circus has been popular for so long that it is not surprising that words and expressions connected with it are part of everyday speech.

VOA: special.2009.01.11

For generations of Canadians, ice hockey has been an important part of their culture.

VOA: special.2010.02.10

And,the expression swan song has long been a part of the English language.

VOA: special.2010.04.11

The center's Doctor Kathleen Foley has been responsible for part of that gain.

VOA: special.2010.05.04

The poison had been too much a part of the young woman.

VOA: special.2009.05.30

She says Turkey has approved many legal reforms as part of its efforts to join the European Union -- but these have not necessarily been put into action.

VOA: special.2010.06.24