AM radio can be sent over larger distances, but the quality of the sound is not as good as a later kind of radio signal processing, called frequency modulation.

VOA: special.2010.12.08

Vessels on the Great Lakes are not called ships,but boats.

VOA: special.2009.11.11

Journalists are not permitted into the region. But Ethiopian government spokesman Shimelis Kemal called the ONLF claims completely false.

VOA: standard.2009.11.16

In an appearance Friday, in Allentown,Pennsylvania , President Obama called the November jobs figure "modestly encouraging" but said he will not be satisfied until there is sustained significant improvement.

VOA: standard.2009.12.05

We just do not want it!", Pence was cheered on not only by Republicans, but by grassroots conservatives and Libertarians who are supporters of the so-called Tea Party movement.

VOA: standard.2010.03.16

Eide said he did not want to get into the debate over the need for additional international fighting forces, but he called U.S.Army General Stanley McChrystal's assessment of the war, "clear,straightforward and demanding."

VOA: standard.2009.09.29

Michelle Obama said the purpose of the gathering was not only to pay tribute to luminaries in the struggle for equality, but also to what she called the"quiet heroes" who,in the process of shaping America, achieved extraordinary things.

VOA: standard.2010.03.08

Abdeidna said it was disappointing to hear what he called the anti-democratic principles of the mediator sent by the African Union, but that he was not surprised given that Mr.Gadhafi is, in Abdeidna's words,"a man of coups himself."

VOA: standard.2009.03.12

But the City of Indianapolis came to the rescue. It bought the theater building in the 1980s and leased the Roof Ballroom to a developer, who not only fixed it up but installed what it called a scene machine to add more moody sky effects like synthetic snowfall.

VOA: standard.2010.02.25