The Impressionists used bright colors, rough brush strokes and thick paint to show light and movement in its many forms.

VOA: special.2009.07.12

Instead of despairing at the discomfort of rain and mud, the crowd rejoiced in its power to resist the weather."

VOA: special.2009.08.10

Within two months of Cleveland's inauguration, the United States entered into one of the worst economic depressions in its history.

VOA: special.2010.06.10

The American Le Mans Series became the first racing event to use the protocols in its Green Challenge competition.

VOA: special.2009.11.03

The company is said to have never broken its contract with the government in its two and a half years of operation.

VOA: special.2010.04.26

And there is more to learn. Jonathan Rottenberg says the science of crying is still in its infancy.

VOA: special.2009.01.28

The Global Fund has given out more than one hundred million bed nets in its battle against malaria.

VOA: special.2010.03.10

Microsoft,in its struggle against Google, tried unsuccessfully last year to buy Yahoo for more than forty billion dollars.

VOA: special.2009.07.17

The radio waves are measured when the earth is at two points opposite one another in its orbit.

VOA: special.2009.01.20

One week after Clay first proposed the compromise, he rose in the Senate to speak in its defense.

VOA: special.2009.03.19

The Smithsonian's National Museum of American History in Washington,D.C., has one of the oldest known pairs of Levi's jeans in its collection.

VOA: special.2009.12.18

BeadforLife reported sales in its last budget year of more than three and a half million dollars.

VOA: special.2010.06.28

And the Global Fund is open in its work to avoid corruption or the appearance of corruption.

VOA: special.2010.03.10

Maya Lin's "Ecliptic" outdoor area in Grand Rapids,Michigan features water in its three states: liquid,gas and solid.

VOA: special.2009.05.06