Like many observers, Professor Thompson uses the example of the imaginary June Cleaver, the mother on "Leave It to Beaver."

VOA: special.2009.05.04

It uses objects from the museum's collection to show how Darwin helped us understand the history of life on Earth.

VOA: special.2009.12.01

Cassava has many food uses but the plant is not safe to eat unless it is specially prepared.

VOA: special.2010.06.08

The female mosquito drinks the blood and uses it to produce as many as two hundred fifty eggs.

VOA: special.2009.05.26

For another chocolate creation, she uses Earl Grey Tea to give it a flavor of the bergamot fruit.

VOA: special.2010.02.17

It uses Google's Android mobile operating system and is meant to work easily with Google's Web-based services.

VOA: special.2010.01.26

Judges for this contest studied how each design looks and how it uses new technologies and materials.

VOA: special.2010.03.31

The process uses electricity to help separate electrically charged salt particles from water to make it drinkable.

VOA: special.2010.04.05

It uses the remaining nerves of arm amputees that would otherwise be lost because of injuries.

VOA: special.2009.03.10

It uses an MRI or magnetic resonance imaging machine to look for abnormalities in the brain.

VOA: special.2010.12.21

It uses the music and many of the same words of an old religious song.

VOA: special.2009.09.07

Professor Wobbrock says it uses a large circular cursor instead of the traditional arrow pointer.

VOA: special.2011.04.18

The plane needs an airport for takeoffs and landings, but it uses automotive gasoline.

VOA: special.2011.07.11

A free-rider uses the public good without helping to create or support it.

VOA: special.2009.03.03