The United States is not alone. Commercial rents in Moscow,Hong Kong, Singapore and Mumbai have fallen thirty percent or more.

VOA: special.2009.09.04

But the population of the animals known for their ability to travel far without much water has fallen sharply.

VOA: special.2009.01.13

With the furs on his back, and his gun in his arms, he stepped out on the fallen tree.

VOA: special.2010.06.26

As he walked over the battlefield, he saw where rains had washed away the earth covering many of the fallen soldiers.

VOA: special.2009.11.12

"In a single generation, we've fallen from first place to twelfth place in college graduation rates for young adults.

VOA: special.2010.08.12

UNICEF says the death rate for children under the age of five has fallen twenty-eight percent since nineteen ninety.

VOA: special.2009.09.28

The oak wood for the oven comes from an organic farm in Pennsylvania that collects old wood from fallen trees.

VOA: special.2009.04.10

In all three of America's biggest cities, murder rates have fallen to their lowest levels since the 1960s.

VOA: special.2009.01.12

His name was Arnold Parks. He caught another worker who had fallen off the top of the canyon.

VOA: special.2010.10.27

The Global Polio Eradication Initiative says the number has fallen by ninety-nine percent since nineteen eighty eight.

VOA: special.2010.01.18

Long after the moon came out and the young man had fallen asleep Sylvie was still awake.

VOA: special.2010.04.03

The sun rarely shines. The leaves on the trees are brown or have fallen to the ground.

VOA: special.2009.01.26

If you ever tried to walk on a fallen tree log, you understand what the expression means.

VOA: special.2009.06.07

It cannot be changed. The expression comes from the idea that water that has fallen over a dam cannot be brought back again.

VOA: special.2009.05.10