That person won a battle with what has been called one of nature's fiercest creatures.

VOA: special.2011.03.15

It has been called one of the most influential nonfiction books of the twentieth century.

VOA: special.2009.10.18

Right now,as schools prepare to begin a new year, one concern is the H1N1 virus, often called swine flu.

VOA: special.2009.08.13

Those with the highest winds that destroy well-built homes and throw vehicles more than one hundred meters are called an F-five.

VOA: special.2010.05.11

The United States Library of Congress appoints an official poet, called the Poet Laureate, every one to two years.

VOA: special.2010.04.05

In nineteen thirty-five, Ernest Hemingway wrote: "All modern American literature comes from one book by Mark Twain called 'Huckleberry Finn.'

VOA: special.2010.03.21

They called it a sacrifice to research that led the way to one of the greatest medical discoveries of the century.

VOA: special.2009.01.27

One was called "Empire". It showed a filmed image of the Empire State Building in New York City.

VOA: special.2010.09.05

They are the amount a person drinks on average and heavy drinking at one time, called "binge drinking."

VOA: special.2009.09.08

He performed the one-man play called "The King of the Desert" at a small historic theater in Hollywood.

VOA: special.2010.06.21

American officials say it will take at least two years for what one official called a meaningful measure of progress toward long-term stability.

VOA: special.2009.05.09

Doctor Carson is also known for performing other complex operations on children, including one called a hemispherectomy.

VOA: special.2009.09.04

She was called Lefty Lou. They had one of the most popular radio programs in Los Angeles.

VOA: special.2010.06.13

"The maternal stress that is felt, that stress hormone -- one of them is called cortisol -- can actually leach into the womb.

VOA: special.2011.08.10