It gets worse over time. The disease affects a small area of cells in the middle of the brain.

VOA: special.2009.04.07

In sub-Saharan Africa, the area hardest hit by AIDS, for every person who gets treated, two others go untreated.

VOA: special.2011.05.18

There are two kinds of strokes. An ischemic stroke happens when a blood vessel in the brain gets blocked.

VOA: special.2009.09.22

When a bone is broken in more than two places or gets crushed, the name for it is a comminuted fracture.

VOA: special.2009.02.04

It tells the unusual story about a man who is born old and gets younger as time goes by.

VOA: special.2009.02.20

It says for every ten dollar necklace sold, the beader gets two dollars and forty-three cents in money or materials.

VOA: special.2010.06.28

The book gets its title from something Atticus Finch was told in his childhood when his father gave him a gun.

VOA: special.2010.07.08

They think that a person who gets up early in the morning for work has the best chance of success.

VOA: special.2010.06.13

But then Micky gets one more chance in the ring,under one condition: his family has to stay out of his career.

VOA: special.2011.02.21

But the evening really gets interesting after the scientist's talk ends and the audience gets to ask questions.

VOA: special.2010.05.14

That leaves just four. I want to see the last one fall before it gets dark.Then I'll go,too."

VOA: special.2009.08.01

The expression "fireworks" gets its meaning from the fireworks that people shoot into the sky when they are celebrating a great event.

VOA: special.2009.07.05

Cinnamon was second. But K.S.U.scientist James Hargrove noted that cinnamon gets more use in cooking than ground cloves.

VOA: special.2009.05.19

We all know that some people do not seem as emotionally strong as others when life gets difficult.

VOA: special.2009.06.24