The soldiers without spleens were two times as likely to die of heart disease as the soldiers who still had their spleens.

VOA: special.2009.08.25

" Fur trappers from Canada had their own idea of what the three largest mountains looked like.

VOA: special.2009.02.16

The New York City street where most music publishers had their offices was called "Tin Pan Alley."

VOA: special.2009.02.08

They have had their genes changed to contain a special characteristic, like resistance to certain insects.

VOA: special.2010.11.09

Everyone in my office works hard, but some people have had their wings clipped.

VOA: special.2010.06.13

Organisms that are genetically modified,G.M.O.s, have had their genes changed to improve their characteristics.

VOA: special.2010.03.23

More than five thousand couples have had their weddings at the Mall of America.

VOA: special.2010.08.13

North Africa,Spain,France and Italy had their first vineyards during the Greek and Phoenician Empires.

VOA: special.2010.10.13

Bruce Springsteen did the honors: "This was a band that not only wanted to lay claim to this world, but had their eyes on the next one,too.

VOA: special.2009.10.19

And,it says more than one hundred and thirty million females in the Afica, and other areas of the world have had their sexual organs cut for culture reasons.

VOA: special.2010.03.08

And they slept there, they ate there, they had their lunch there.

VOA: special.2010.03.03

In the past,only healthy people have had their genomes fully sequenced.

VOA: special.2010.03.23

Portugal and Spain have also had their credit ratings reduced.

VOA: special.2010.05.07

Later,he and another piano player had their own act.

VOA: special.2009.10.11