"He deals with a lot. He becomes frustrated in this one a little bit because he gets this close all the time and then gets told 'no' over and over again.

VOA: standard.2010.07.07

Ships often sank. No one could survive the freezing waters in this dangerous area if the ship went down.

VOA: special.2009.12.23

An estimated one billion people in forty countries watched this program when it was broadcast on television in nineteen seventy-three.

VOA: special.2010.04.02

At the start of this year there were two hundred thirteen thousand cases of leprosy reported in one hundred twenty-one countries.

VOA: special.2009.10.14

This month is the two hundredth anniversary of the birth of one of the most influential thinkers in science history.

VOA: special.2009.02.25

This extra heat can raise temperatures in cities by about one to three degrees Celsius compared to rural areas.

VOA: special.2010.03.02

"This one is "Variations on K", because this is the word kiss in every language, including sign language.

VOA: special.2009.11.04

Our subject this week is the teenage investigator in one of the most successful children's book series of all time Nancy Drew.

VOA: special.2009.08.24

Then everything she had was destroyed again -- this time, in the Great Chicago Fire of eighteen seventy-one.

VOA: special.2009.03.16

But wherever the name for this golden statue came from, the award remains one of the biggest honors in the movie business.

VOA: special.2009.02.20

The World Health Organization this week declared the first pandemic, or worldwide spread, of influenza in forty-one years.

VOA: special.2009.06.13

It is hard to miss the crowds of people always gathering in one room on this floor.

VOA: special.2010.06.23

This was program number twenty-one in our Foreign Student Series on higher education in the United States.

VOA: special.2009.02.12

To test this idea, the team in Cuba offered one hundred dollars to anyone who would agree to be bitten by infected mosquitoes.

VOA: special.2010.05.18