The owners of the historic building say a planned make-over will reduce energy use in the building by thirty-eight percent.

VOA: special.2009.05.22

I do not know what else to do but make the best of a bad deal and shake hands over it."

VOA: special.2009.06.27

The Roman historian Pliny said that Phoenician sailors accidentally discovered how to make glass over three thousand years ago.

VOA: special.2009.09.16

He wanted to make sure parents knew they should have control over their children and expect cooperation from them.

VOA: special.2009.03.15

It is also useful because the mold can be used over and over again to make exact copies of the ceramic form.

VOA: special.2009.09.09

On Sunday, European countries promised to make eighty billion euros in loans available over the next three years.

VOA: special.2010.05.07

A geodesic dome that size would make it possible to have complete control over the environment inside it.

VOA: special.2010.05.30

The final houses cost from about two hundred thousand dollars to over eight hundred thousand dollars to make.

VOA: special.2009.10.27

Scientists now know that two conditions make climbing at heights over eight thousand meters extremely difficult.

VOA: special.2010.06.30

Its reddish color and changes in brightness over time make the planet an unforgettable sight.

VOA: special.2010.07.28

I know I do. I would give anything to make money hand over fist.

VOA: special.2009.10.04

"If it gets on land, will they make us leave?" "If we have a hurricane and the oil washes over the land, they will condemn it.

VOA: special.2010.06.04

But it is getting an environmental make-over.

VOA: special.2009.05.22

But over time, we slowly got used to it and we try to make it as kid friendly as possible because kids are what we gear towards and they're the most important people that come through."

VOA: special.2010.07.28

He has criticized what he sees as the excessive American penchant for foreign military intervention and over-ambitious efforts to re-make other countries as western-style democracies.

VOA: standard.2009.03.27

A law that would make in Yemen has been languishing in parliamentary committees for over a year now, and is expected to be voted on again in the coming weeks.

VOA: standard.2010.03.27

And that has not been done yet." But Suleiman says funding shortfalls and concerns over security and violence in Somalia make it unlikely such surveys will be carried out any time soon.

VOA: standard.2009.10.06

"Today we are having a neighborhood community make-over.

VOA: standard.2010.05.14

Morrell said the review does not mean that the counterinsurgency approach is over, but rather that U.S.officials want to make sure their strategy is right before committing significant numbers of additional troops.

VOA: standard.2009.09.23

Other companies such as Suzuki,Nissan, Toyota,and Honda have already announced plans to spend about $5 billion to make small cars in India or increase production at their existing plants over the next three years.

VOA: standard.2009.09.25

As the president was preparing to make his remarks at the White House, outrage was building over word a major American insurance company,AIG, was going ahead with millions of dollars in bonus payments to its executives.

VOA: standard.2009.03.16

The Tea Party express bus tour will make its way to Washington over the next several weeks and plans to arrive in the nation's capital for a rally on April 15, the national deadline day for citizens to file their annual income tax returns.

VOA: standard.2010.03.28

Indeed,volatile food prices, population growth, low agricultural productivity and the potentially devastating effects of climate change make it a particularly daunting challenge. The IFAD president says over the past 30 years, agricultural productivity in developing countries has been stagnant or in decline. He blames it on years of under-investment.

VOA: standard.2010.03.29