But it was not until eighteen fifteen and the Second Barbary War that the power of the Barbary pirates was broken.

VOA: special.2009.05.27

But these drawings were made by pressing paper against broken sheets of glass covered in ink.

VOA: special.2009.05.06

But while broken bones can be painful, they are generally not life-threatening.

VOA: special.2009.02.04

Then it tried to fly away, but one wing was broken.

VOA: special.2010.03.20

But the broken windows theory was also disputed.

VOA: special.2009.03.03

But in their enthusiasm, it became apparent that Yemen's habit of dropping trash could not be broken with one event.

VOA: standard.2010.04.01

"It needs to be reformed. It's broken." "But spending us into oblivion is not the way to do it."

VOA: standard.2010.03.22

She had a broken leg and a dislocated hip, but later told rescuers she was fine.

VOA: standard.2010.01.20

"I am committed to fixing our broken immigration system in a way that upholds our traditions as a nation of laws, but also as a nation of immigrants.

VOA: standard.2009.04.17

Secretary of State Hillary Clinton was to have attended the G-8 ministerial, and a weekend meeting of OSCE foreign ministers in Greece, but had to cancel because of her recent surgery for a broken elbow.

VOA: standard.2009.06.24

But could find none. "Over time oil does dissipate and can get broken down from bacteria and other organisms in the water, but still they are putting certain dispersants on the oil that makes it sink down to the bottom."

VOA: standard.2010.05.09

we are human beings,'". Khalaf says that before working on this book, she never thought much about the death penalty, but she was deeply touched by reading the stories of men who often grew up in broken homes and who,as one inmate says, "became lost souls as children."

VOA: standard.2009.10.21

I looked and I said,hey, that's skateboarding on snow. That's perfect for me." And he's still at it 27 years later in a career that has included not only injuries like a broken collar bone, broken ankles and torn knee ligaments, but also a liver transplant.

VOA: standard.2010.02.26