If you visit the western mountain and plains state of Montana you will know why it is known as Big Sky Country.

VOA: special.2009.08.16

It is named for a tree with big, beautiful white flowers that grows in that hot, southern state.

VOA: special.2009.08.16

Not much for such a big company, notes business expert Fariborz Ghadar at Penn State University.

VOA: special.2010.01.15

New York,which always thinks big, was called The Empire State because of its natural wealth.

VOA: special.2009.08.16

A big change came four years ago, when Russia's new forestry law essentially privatized management of state forests.

VOA: standard.2010.08.10

Ferris State University is located in Big Rapids,Michigan.

VOA: standard.2009.12.14

Smith says American academicians and journalists often cite a list of root causes for Middle East turmoil, in which the U.S., the West and Israel usually play a big part: a history of colonialism and economic exploitation, the creation of Israel and American support for the Jewish state, the politics of oil, Western backing of repressive Arab regimes and the U.S.military presence in the region.

VOA: standard.2010.03.18