In many areas of fast-flowing water, a boat could be turned over by a wave as high as a house.

VOA: special.2009.10.07

It can process images taken by a camera into sensations that could be used by a blind person wearing it.

VOA: special.2010.10.13

The site was launched to the public last September by a start-up company led by its twenty-six year old founder.

VOA: special.2009.02.26

In nineteen sixty Doctor Seuss was urged by a book publisher to write a book using less than fifty words.

VOA: special.2010.05.02

President Garfield had been assassinated by a man who believed he should have gotten a government job because of his politics.

VOA: special.2010.04.29

He had so totally given himself to scientific studies that he could not be weakened by a second love.

VOA: special.2009.09.26

"The conduct represented in the recently published article does not meet the standard that should be set by a commanding general.

VOA: special.2010.06.26

The first recorded shooting incident by a person who was a professional gunman took place in Texas in eighteen fifty-four.

VOA: special.2010.03.17

The observance is organized by a conservation group, the World Wide Fund for Nature, also known as the World Wildlife Fund.

VOA: special.2010.03.22

The order of the list is based on how corrupt a country's government is considered by a number of international organizations.

VOA: special.2009.11.28

The museum,also known as the Met, was created in eighteen seventy by a group of businessmen, artists and thinkers.

VOA: special.2010.08.04

Taking a warm bath or sitting by a fire or doing some exercise can also help the body warm up.

VOA: special.2009.12.30

Women who said they were physically active even once a week showed less cognitive impairment as measured by a test.

VOA: special.2010.07.07

At age thirty-eight he scored four goals as his team gave the best performance ever by a team from Africa.

VOA: special.2010.06.09