"Cutting for Stone" was written by the medical doctor and writer Abraham Verghese.

VOA: special.2010.01.01

Lithos comes from the Greek word for stone.

VOA: special.2009.09.02

The move comes after McChrystal apologized on Monday for comments he and his staff made to the popular U.S.-based magazine Rolling Stone.

VOA: standard.2010.06.22

That budget would end funding for the Constellation program, which would have returned U.S.astronauts to the moon as a stepping stone to Mars.

VOA: standard.2010.04.15

There are also hats,scarves, magnets,mouse pads for computers, blankets,bookmarks,coffee cups, pens,and replicas of the Inukshuk stone statue that adorns the official Olympic logo.

VOA: standard.2010.02.17

For his movie, Stone also interviewed the leaders of Argentina, Brazil,Ecuador,Bolivia, Cuba and Paraguay, whom he said "are on the same page" as Mr.Chavez.

VOA: standard.2009.09.07

"This will serve as a catalyst to help Nigeria to be ready, to improve itself, to look at the organization, to look at the quality of the facilities,and therefore I hope this will serve as a kind of stepping stone for Nigeria to be ready,".

VOA: standard.2009.10.22