However you like them, for best results, beets should be picked when the roots are two and one-half centimeters around.

VOA: special.2010.03.02

The group Defenders of Wildlife describes black bears as between a half-meter and three fourths of a meter at the shoulders.

VOA: special.2011.06.21

In a half-hour news conference, he admitted making what he called "some incredibly bad decisions" that "hurt so many people."

VOA: special.2010.04.10

The three-and-a-half percent growth was the first expansion in more than a year, and the strongest in two years.

VOA: special.2009.10.30

The I.M.F.predicts developing economies will continue to grow for the year, but only by about one and one-half percent.

VOA: special.2009.04.24

She says people would not even notice a difference in taste with three grams, or one-half teaspoon, less salt per day.

VOA: special.2010.01.27

He says the group used a million-and-a-half-dollar donation from the Nike Foundation to expand the program to cricket players in India.

VOA: special.2010.07.15

The findings suggest that even a half-hour walk at a quick speed every day could lower the risk of cognitive impairment.

VOA: special.2011.07.27

Helen was their first child. Until she was a year-and-one-half old, Helen Keller was just like any other child.

VOA: special.2009.11.08

"Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince" will be shown in normal theaters as well as on the huge screens of IMAX theaters.

VOA: special.2009.06.12

As many as one hundred crystals may join to form a snowflake larger than two and one-half centimeters.

VOA: special.2011.01.11

The report says two and one-half million people infected with HIV now are being treated with antiretroviral medicines.

VOA: special.2010.03.10

In the next four years, more than one-and-a-half-million cattle were moved north over the Chisholm trail to Kansas.

VOA: special.2010.03.18

However,the cooling of about one and one-half to three degrees Celsius is only about half as strong as a real La Nina.

VOA: special.2009.09.29