He was known not as someone who said funny things, but as someone who said things in a funny way.

VOA: special.2009.10.11

But a local group came to his aid. The Arlington Street People's Assistance Network is also known as A-SPAN.

VOA: special.2010.12.20

But now,Ms.Troiano says the aim is to work with local teachers to provide what is known as co-teaching.

VOA: special.2011.03.28

John Allan never officially adopted him as a son, but the boy became known as Edgar Allan Poe.

VOA: special.2009.02.02

But members have been holding what are known as town hall meetings around the country to hear reaction.

VOA: special.2009.08.14

But as early as the middle seventeen hundreds, Cape May began to be known as a place to visit in the summer.

VOA: special.2009.06.01

But closer ties were not welcomed between the government and a religious group known as the Mormons.

VOA: special.2009.05.28

But plant breeding reduced the fibers, and now the beans are known as snap beans.

VOA: special.2009.03.24

But it seemed he always would be known mainly as a concert artist.

VOA: special.2010.03.07

But the agreement, known as the Copenhagen Accord, is not legally binding.

VOA: special.2009.12.26

But North Dakota is better known as a top wheat producing state.

VOA: special.2010.02.09

But neither the Maoist leader, popularly known as Prachanda, nor the Nepali Congress candidate, Ram Chandra Poudel, could win a majority.

VOA: standard.2010.07.29

But late Saturday, the Mogadishu-based spokesman for al-Shabab,Ali Mohamed Rage, also known as Ali Dhere, also claimed victory.

VOA: standard.2010.01.02

He is known as a satirist and a comedian, but Stephen Colbert is also the U.S.Olympic sponsor.

VOA: standard.2010.02.21

He may be known around the world as the King of Pop, but Gary Indiana mayor Rudy Clay says Michael Jackson is the city's claim to fame.

VOA: standard.2009.07.11

But the Obama administration says it wants to scrap the program, known as Constellation, following an independent panel's finding that NASA lacks the resources to see it through.

VOA: standard.2010.03.18

She says U.S.engagement with Burma's military government, known as the State Peace and Development Council, could be positive, but only if Washington remains firm in pushing for change.

VOA: standard.2009.09.24

But Barigye Ba-hoku, the spokesman for African Union peacekeeping mission in Somalia, known as AMISOM, says that by the time his forces got there, the pirates had already climbed aboard the vessel.

VOA: standard.2009.09.26

Besson rejects criticism over the closure, saying the zone, known locally as "the jungle", was not a humanitarian camp but rather a hub for human traffickers and a place where people were exploited.

VOA: standard.2009.09.22

Democrats outnumber Republicans in the Senate, but do not possess a majority large enough to block Republicans from using a procedural motion known as a filibuster to prevent a vote from going forward.

VOA: standard.2009.05.31

"The scheme to radically change the sources and the cost of American energy, through a system known as 'cap and trade' may be well intentioned, but it will cost us dearly in jobs and income, and it stands no chance of achieving its objective of a cooler earth,".

VOA: standard.2009.05.30