But it is still possible to make paper by hand, since the steps are the same as using big machines.

VOA: special.2009.07.06

What all this adds up to is a big responsibility for parents to consider what's really in a name.

VOA: special.2009.07.06

The term today most often is used to describe a powerful machine designed to clear away trees and other big objects.

VOA: special.2009.02.15

One of the big issues to discuss is how and when to reduce deficits and economic growth measures as conditions improve.

VOA: special.2010.06.25

But professors at big schools say there is not enough time to write evaluations for each student in large classes.

VOA: special.2009.03.05

A big part of this prediction is based on signs that the housing market is beginning to improve.

VOA: special.2009.05.08

Conservation groups criticized the move, saying the cut is not big enough to support the recovery of bluefin tuna in the Mediterranean.

VOA: special.2010.12.14

The aim is to find a way to let big financial companies fail without harming the economy.

VOA: special.2010.04.16

The race to save two of America's big three carmakers is entering a new and intense period.

VOA: special.2009.05.01

One goal is to increase supervision of big companies whose failure could threaten the financial system.

VOA: special.2009.06.19

He says the combination of credit card debt and big student loans is burying young people in debt and driving many of them to bankruptcy.

VOA: special.2009.04.10

He has a "big head." A person who is filled with his own importance and pride is said to have "his nose in the air.

VOA: special.2009.03.08

The Andromeda Galaxy is big enough and near enough to be seen by the unaided eye in the star group Andromeda on a dark night.

VOA: special.2009.01.20

The opening is big enough for perhaps six people to walk through, side-by-side.

VOA: special.2011.07.04