That means early signs of economic recovery, like the way plants begin to shoot up from the ground as a sign of spring.

VOA: special.2009.05.08

Between thirty and thirty-five women used each system to pump water from the ground or a stream.

VOA: special.2010.01.11

But carrots loose their sweetness if you wait too long to pull them from the ground.

VOA: special.2009.02.24

It grows from the ground up. We don't impose regulations from the top down.

VOA: special.2010.06.16

The Council explains on its Web site that early tall buildings were generally measured from the ground floor to the top of the building, not including flagpoles.

VOA: special.2010.03.31

All you had to do was pick up the gold from the ground.

VOA: special.2009.02.11

They fight fires that crews cannot reach quickly or easily from the ground.

VOA: special.2009.11.24

The simple structure rises about sixty meters from the ground.

VOA: special.2009.06.01

Nor could it take off from the ground.

VOA: special.2010.07.07

Not all orchids grow from the ground.

VOA: special.2010.04.06

So this is something that is tangible. And as we remove the seeds of hatred from the ground, the seeds of terror, and plant agricultural alternatives so that peace and prosperity may lead the next generation forward."

VOA: special.2010.05.03

"We're so much more visible from the air than we are from the ground that maybe we can be a deterrent,"

VOA: standard.2010.01.01

Dr.Craig Smith,the chief executive of Electro Optic Systems, says laser beams fired from the ground could protect astronauts and satellites by targeting space junk that travels at potentially devastating speeds.

VOA: standard.2010.07.24

He started,literally,from the ground up.

VOA: standard.2010.07.16

Roots of Peace says a landmine costs anywhere from three to thirty dollars to produce and place in the ground.

VOA: special.2010.05.03

Also prune branches growing toward the ground, high branches growing straight up and shoots growing from the base of the tree.

VOA: special.2009.10.06

Sharp words from a teacher,for example, can usually get a daydreaming student to put both feet on the ground.

VOA: special.2009.03.08

As she lifted it to put it in her dark hair, a few drops of liquid from the flower fell to the ground.

VOA: special.2009.05.23