She is easily frightened. For example, she is too chicken-livered to walk down a dark street alone at night.

VOA: special.2010.06.13

But as he says, the search for life in outer space is a long-term goal, and he is still hopeful.

VOA: special.2010.05.25

David Cromer is a Broadway theater director who is presenting well-known twentieth century American plays in new and inventive ways.

VOA: special.2010.10.01

"The goal of the dual-language program is to teach low-income Hispanic children English -- good English, social English and academic English.

VOA: special.2010.06.17

And the Raven,never flitting, still is sitting -- still is sitting On the pallid bust of Pallas just above my chamber door;

VOA: special.2010.10.31

Manny is a wooly mammoth, Sid is a ground sloth and Diego is a smilodon or saber-toothed cat.

VOA: special.2009.06.12

"The maternal stress that is felt, that stress hormone -- one of them is called cortisol -- can actually leach into the womb.

VOA: special.2011.08.10

That is,it is better to eat vitamin-rich foods to prevent disease instead of eating them to cure a disease after it has developed.

VOA: special.2009.04.21

It is a ground-up call to action that is forcing both parties to change the way that they are doing business, and that is beautiful."

VOA: special.2010.03.06

Owen is a lonely twelve-year-old boy who is mistreated by a big,mean boy at school.

VOA: special.2010.10.29

He says Ayman al-Zawahri -- a surgeon -- is the real founder of al-Qaida.

VOA: special.2011.05.07

As a matter of fact, one of the major contributors to tuberculosis going up in several countries is because diabetes is going up -- and obesity.

VOA: special.2011.05.11

Al-Shabab is tied to al-Qaida and aims to make Somalia into an Islamic state.

VOA: special.2010.07.17

Make sure outerwear is made of material that is water-resistant and tightly knit.

VOA: special.2010.12.22