He believed that Americans -- North and South -- would accept the decision as the final word in the dispute.

VOA: special.2009.05.21

They are depressed. Word expert Charles Funk says people have been feeling down in the dumps for more than four-hundred years.

VOA: special.2011.08.07

But we'll let Jennifer Neiman, co-owner of Cupcakes Actually in Fairfax,Virginia, have the last word about the appeal of cupcakes.

VOA: special.2010.04.12

In eighteen seventy-two, a famous American word expert decided that the time had come to kill this word.

VOA: special.2010.08.08

But word leaked out that it was to take place in the town of Rhinebeck, about a two-hour drive from New York City.

VOA: special.2010.08.09

In seventeen ninety-seven, the Independent Chronicle newspaper used the word to describe a politician the paper supported.

VOA: special.2010.08.08

In nineteen twenty-eight the Levi Strauss company registered the word "Levi's" as a trademark for their product.

VOA: special.2009.12.18

I put Helen's hand under the cool water and formed the word w-a-t-e-r in her other hand.

VOA: special.2009.11.08

Professor Weinberger would like more people to send in their own samples of the sixty-nine-word paragraph.

VOA: special.2011.08.04

But to his parents generation the word is a reminder of the counter-revolutionary movement in Nicaragua.

VOA: special.2010.03.05

People in Japan call them "harbor waves." Tsunami is a two-character Japanese word.

VOA: special.2011.06.07

The word "vitamin" dates back to Polish scientist Casimir Funk in nineteen-twelve.

VOA: special.2009.04.21

And enter the word "dye." d-y-e,in the search box.

VOA: special.2010.08.02

He explained his position many times in speeches,debates and letters, including this one written in eighteen fifty-eight: I have made it equally plain that I think the negro is included in the word "men" used in the Declaration of Independence.

VOA: special.2009.02.09