The white swan - with its long,graceful neck - is among the most beautiful of birds.

VOA: special.2010.04.11

Its long branches, so heavy with flowers, almost touched the ground.

VOA: special.2009.11.15

Somaliland has cooperated with the West in anti-terrorism and anti-piracy efforts, hoping to achieve its long-awaited recognition.

VOA: standard.2009.09.07

The lone country in the Americas excluded from the summit,Cuba, and its long-frozen relations with the United States came to overshadow the gathering.

VOA: standard.2009.04.19

The president's address will come shortly after Congress reconvenes after its long August recess.

VOA: standard.2009.09.04

White rice has become especially prevalent because of its long shelf life.

VOA: standard.2010.06.25

Scientists have long believed that Earth's satellite lacks the ability to hold water near its surface because it has no atmosphere.

VOA: special.2009.09.30

American lawmakers have also long complained that China suppresses the value of the yuan to lower the price of its exports.

VOA: special.2010.07.09

Gerald Meehl says a better understanding of solar activity and its influence on weather may help researchers predict long-term weather conditions.

VOA: special.2009.09.29

It had a high,sharply angled ceiling and many windows lining the walls of its one long,narrow room.

VOA: special.2009.08.21

He can point out the male paradise whydah with its unusually long black tail feathers.

VOA: special.2009.08.19

The lake is 193 kilometers long and 19 kilometers at its widest.

VOA: special.2009.01.05

But its power over Internet and wireless communications has long been questioned.

VOA: special.2010.04.09

Its huge head was one and a half meters long.

VOA: special.2009.09.01

Objects created long ago fill its nine rooms.

VOA: special.2010.02.03

The retired Air Force officer says the United States and its allies need to make that kind of decades-long commitment.

VOA: standard.2009.10.16

The meeting violated a long-standing rule of Egypt's press syndicate, or union,that forbids any contact between its members and Israelis.

VOA: standard.2009.10.08

He was not kidding. The most significant detail is the cost of his plan and its impact on our long-term budget deficit,".

VOA: standard.2009.09.12

Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan, who highlighted another long-term risk to America's economic health: its skyrocketing national debt.

VOA: standard.2010.02.07

He calls U.S.determination to stay in Afghanistan and to continue building its relationship with Pakistan a "long term..

VOA: standard.2009.10.06

She added the United States intends to continue its economic assistance and training of Afghan security forces for a long time to come.

VOA: standard.2010.07.20

Grybauskaite would inherit leadership of a country that was long considered more stable than its Baltic neighbors.

VOA: standard.2009.05.17

That means the long-range rocket, which international satellites have spotted on a North Korean launch pad, could fire its engines as early as Saturday.

VOA: standard.2009.04.01

At its peak in the 1870s, more than 500 long,narrow boats carried cargo on the canal.

VOA: standard.2010.04.29

"All who embrace core democratic values long for a Cuba that respects the basic human, political and economic rights of all of its citizens.

VOA: standard.2009.04.13

The bathyscaphe is over 16 meters long, and its gasoline-filled flotation chamber's deck,rails, and conning tower make it look a bit like a submarine.

VOA: standard.2010.06.21