Habeas corpus is a legal term for the right to have a judge decide if a person is being detained lawfully.

VOA: special.2009.02.09

One is a belief that a government is stable and that the justice and legal systems are fair and effective.

VOA: special.2009.12.19

When a bone is broken in more than two places or gets crushed, the name for it is a comminuted fracture.

VOA: special.2009.02.04

A planetarium is a theater with a rounded ceiling onto which images of the stars and planets are projected.

VOA: special.2010.09.29

Popeye is a criminal,a man who "made money and had nothing he could do with it,spend it for."

VOA: special.2010.01.10

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 story is about a girl whose brother is a soldier who gets killed in a desert war.

VOA: special.2009.07.27

In many parts of the world it is done when a baby is a few days old.

VOA: special.2009.04.01

The top proverb among these listeners is this one: "Where there is a will,there is a way."

VOA: special.2009.03.01

A compass is a device containing a metal object that points toward the magnetic north pole.

VOA: special.2010.07.14

A calf is a young cow. A young female cow, especially one that has not yet had a calf, is called a heifer: H-E-I-F-E-R.

VOA: special.2009.07.21

John Adams is a writer not only of music: he is currently working on a novel.

VOA: special.2010.07.19

A hot shot is a person, often a young person, who thinks he can do anything.

VOA: special.2009.12.06

Looking closer still, you can see that one is a small part of a rising sun.

VOA: special.2010.07.25