It attacks the brain's nerve cells, robs memory and impairs thinking and language skills.

VOA: standard.2009.12.04

He also loved words and writing. The museum has special proof of Porter's love of language -- his dictionary.

VOA: special.2010.12.17

His works include observations about current political struggles, the fear of diseases, and the popular language of the city's tradesmen and other professionals.

VOA: special.2010.01.13

All day Miss Sullivan kept touching Helen's hand, spelling words that gave Helen a language.

VOA: special.2009.11.08

"Romeo and Juliet" shows how William Shakespeare's plays shine with extraordinarily rich and imaginative language.

VOA: special.2010.01.06

It is called "Maid as Muse: How Servants Changed Emily Dickinson's Life and Language."

VOA: special.2010.07.18

Songs teach language. Consider a song like "Tom's Diner" by Suzanne Vega.

VOA: special.2011.01.06

Shakespeare's plays have been translated into every major language in the world.

VOA: special.2010.01.13

She says their language and culture influenced Dickinson's life and her writing.

VOA: special.2010.07.18

"The combination of the sweep and scope of Melville's language, the beauty of the story, the depth of the characters all pushed me into a whole new realm of composing and thinking of what music is onstage."

VOA: special.2010.06.11

"If you're a poor shopkeeper living in a very impoverished part of Botswana and you're trying to feed your family, trying to buy and sell goods, trying to get medical services for your kids or your employees, and you speak a local language, there's nothing on today's Web that's going to help you,right?

VOA: special.2010.11.08

Pro-Russian forces also resent Mr.Yushchenko's campaign to teach the Ukrainian language to schoolchildren in Russian-speaking regions of the country.

VOA: standard.2010.03.17

Consideration of a minority patient's language, customs and beliefs by virtue of their heritage is a concept known as cultural competency.

VOA: standard.2010.03.05

He sang the song at the rally and a few ZANU-PF members struggled to sing along in Malema's Zulu home language.

VOA: standard.2010.04.04