Social critics like to say that in children's activities these days, everyone gets an award just for trying, so no one will feel rejected.

VOA: special.2009.03.12

And I'm Faith Lapidus. These are important days for makers of sweets and sellers of flowers.

VOA: special.2010.02.08

For several days,it seemed that all these states would secede and join the southern confederacy.

VOA: special.2009.08.13

These days, instead of turning paper pages, many readers reach for handheld devices.

VOA: special.2009.07.24

These days, people can also search for living relatives through social networking sites.

VOA: special.2010.06.28

These days,women who advertise online for husbands are sometimes called "e-mail-order brides."

VOA: special.2011.02.14

Aspirin competes with many other medicines for pain and fever these days.

VOA: special.2009.10.20

But heavy rains are complicating further efforts to reach these areas by land and the weather forecast for the region calls for more storms in the coming days.

VOA: standard.2009.10.06

It's wonderful. And one of the things that we have going for us is that people are becoming a lot more food-savvy these days and are willing to be a little more adventurous."

VOA: standard.2010.07.14

"Because,you know, most of the places that they are going to be using for the World Cup, if you watch the news these days, the news is always reporting the issue of crime and crime and crime."

VOA: standard.2009.06.12