He said that on that bus in nineteen fifty-five, "She sat down in order that we might stand up.

VOA: special.2009.03.08

They are depressed. Word expert Charles Funk says people have been feeling down in the dumps for more than four-hundred years.

VOA: special.2011.08.07

In the United States, smoking rates are down from the past, but cigarettes still cause about one-fifth of all deaths.

VOA: special.2009.05.27

They drill down to the shale, then go sideways and inject high-pressure water, sand or other material into the rock.

VOA: special.2009.10.23

But before Lee could get there, Union troops -- thousands of them marched down the road below Jackson.

VOA: special.2009.09.24

The court struck down what were known as anti-miscegenation laws in the sixteen states that still had them.

VOA: special.2011.06.06

Not just any woman, but a wild,red- haired woman, riding a giant catfish down the Rio Grande River.

VOA: special.2009.11.28

This is back-to-school season. But the National Retail Federation says school-related sales are down from last year.

VOA: special.2009.08.21

Katherine Cole has more. Call it a crash-landing, a ditching, a splash-down, or a nicer name.

VOA: special.2009.01.30

Many people disagreed with George Steinbrenner's decision to tear down the original stadium from nineteen twenty-three.

VOA: special.2010.07.26

That was down from last year, but still about twenty-five percent more than ten years ago.

VOA: special.2009.05.22

Late in nineteen thirty-five, workers at several General Motors factories began a "sit-down" strike at their machines to demand better pay and working conditions.

VOA: special.2011.03.31

These throat-singers must pass down their skills to younger generations for this tradition to survive.

VOA: special.2010.12.01

He fights against bad people or super villains with the help of other down-on-their-luck superheroes.

VOA: special.2010.11.22