In the ruling, Chief Justice John Marshall described a corporation as an "artificial being" that is a "creature of the law."

VOA: special.2010.03.05

Woodstock is described as a moment when the news media first recognized music and entertainment as a cultural and commercial force.

VOA: special.2009.08.10

Mr.Hawass is often described as a colorful leader who has brought Egypt's long-ago past to the attention of the world.

VOA: special.2011.03.08

The area has been described as a kind of oceanic desert, with light winds and slow moving water currents.

VOA: special.2009.09.22

For example, if a child says things she should not say to her parents, she might be described as a mouthy child.

VOA: special.2010.06.20

Rapping could be described as speaking or singing words at a fast speed over music with quick beats.

VOA: special.2009.10.14

In the late eighteen eighties, a North Carolina farming publication described America's economy this way: "There is something radically wrong in our industrial system.

VOA: special.2010.06.10

He said Robert of Gloucester described a message from the King of Germany to King John of England as altogether not worth a bean.

VOA: special.2010.01.31

The Washington Post newspaper described America's growing power this way: "A new understanding seems to have come upon us, an understanding of our strength.

VOA: special.2010.07.08

People who are unkind or uncaring can be described as meaner than a junkyard dog.

VOA: special.2010.05.30

A recent e-mail to us from Iran described an incident in an English class.

VOA: special.2009.04.23

At that time, most novels about the South described a land that never existed.

VOA: special.2010.01.03

A person with strange ideas might be described as out in left field.

VOA: special.2009.04.12

A critic once described American writer Edith Wharton as a "self-made man."

VOA: special.2010.10.24