An example is the story of a young man whose last name was spelled D-U-L-A but pronounced "Dooley."

VOA: special.2009.07.27

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VOA: special.2009.03.10

For people interested in new technology, a New York based company,Makerbot, sells kits to people who want to build a small 3-D printer.

VOA: special.2010.10.29

The 3-D movie "Up" tells about an old man and a young boy who have exciting adventures.

VOA: special.2010.03.01

A list of American colleges and universities that offer financial aid to foreign students can be found at edupass.org -- e-d-u-p-a-s-s dot o-r-g.

VOA: special.2009.02.05

If you have seen a 3-D movie, you already know that you need special eyeglasses to watch.

VOA: special.2010.01.26

C.D.C. official Janet Collins says breathing secondhand smoke has immediate harmful effects on a person's heart-and-lung system.

VOA: special.2009.01.07

Walking tops the list. A two thousand six report from the C.D.C.found that more than seventy-nine million Americans walk to stay physically fit.

VOA: special.2010.06.08

But 3-D TVs are expected to cost a lot with one selling for several thousand dollars.

VOA: special.2010.01.26

The team examined results from a Norwegian study of nine hundred fifty-four people with C.O.P.D.

VOA: special.2009.06.03

She began part-time work for a federal government agency, the Bureau of Fisheries in Washington,D.C.

VOA: special.2010.03.14

Also left forever on the moon is a sign with these words: "Here men from the planet Earth first set foot on the Moon July,nineteen sixty-nine A.D.

VOA: special.2009.07.15

Researchers studied the pathways on which dopamine travels in fifty-three adults with A.D.H.D.

VOA: special.2009.09.29

In nineteen fifty-three, she won a scholarship to attend Howard University in Washington,D.C.

VOA: special.2010.04.18