For the first row nearest the fans, they generally suggested trees that lose their leaves in the fall or trees with waxy leaf surfaces.

VOA: special.2009.09.08

Doug Akers from the cooperative extension service at Purdue University in Indiana suggests straw or shredded leaves for the mulch.

VOA: special.2010.06.29

Sylvie felt as if she were a part of the gray shadows and the silver leaves that moved in the evening breeze.

VOA: special.2010.04.03

The Education Department says some of that goes to waste and leaves students in debt for educations of little or no value.

VOA: special.2010.07.29

"Are there people in the world with the foolishness to die because leaves drop off a vine?

VOA: special.2009.08.01

Cabbage leaves can be steamed or cooked in a small amount of boiling water until they soften.

VOA: special.2009.03.03

If the ground does freeze in your part of the world, simply cover your carrot garden with a thick layer of leaves or straw.

VOA: special.2009.02.24

They all had enormous green leaves and magnificent flowers in every color of the rainbow.

VOA: special.2009.05.23

In the fall, visitors can watch the sugar maple trees surrender their colorful autumn leaves.

VOA: special.2009.01.05

You can also wrap a tree in palm tree frond leaves, cornstalks or fiberglass.

VOA: special.2010.01.12

He could see stars in the sky and leaves on the trees.

VOA: special.2010.05.30

The leaves should be dry in a week or two.

VOA: special.2009.06.02

The trees capture dust, ammonia and odors in their leaves.

VOA: special.2009.09.08

The insect leaves the eggs in any standing water.

VOA: special.2009.05.26

"Please read our fortunes in the tea leaves!

VOA: special.2009.12.12

The president's apparent hesitation to approve the military plan to implement the strategy he announced in March leaves many analysts confused.

VOA: standard.2009.09.22

The idea of having to teach kids how to play outside leaves Anita Caldwell, a teacher at Calvary Preschool in Pittsford,Vermont,dumbfounded.

VOA: standard.2010.06.25

President Obama leaves Sunday for Guadalajara,Mexico, where he will meet with the Canadian and Mexican leaders in a two-day North American summit.

VOA: standard.2009.08.08