The Lisbon Treaty is intended to speed up decision-making in the EU.

VOA: standard.2009.10.02

He was right. The trial of Andrew Johnson was an important turning point in the making of the American nation.

VOA: special.2010.01.28

"Young people need to be given the opportunity to really feel like they are making a difference in the world.

VOA: special.2009.07.01

Barack Obama has spoken repeatedly of Lincoln's influence in making it possible for the country to have its first African-American president.

VOA: special.2009.02.09

In the township of Soweto, music producer Richard Hlungwani redefined traditional Shangaan music by making the beat much faster.

VOA: special.2010.08.11

In one part of the state of Oaxaca, potters have been making black clay containers in the same way for centuries.

VOA: special.2009.09.09

Welcome to THE MAKING OF A NATION Welcome to THE MAKING OF A NATION American history in VOA Special English.

VOA: special.2009.11.26

The earliest process of making paper was done almost five thousand years ago in Egypt and the Nile Valley.

VOA: special.2009.07.06

So Winslow's father found him a job as an assistant in the trade of making and preparing pictures for printed media.

VOA: special.2010.07.25

Under one picture she wrote: "While machines are making great progress in automobile factories, the workers might be under-paid.

VOA: special.2009.05.10

People in Finland were the least likely to believe that people laughing in their presence were making fun of them.

VOA: special.2009.11.17

You can spend a great deal of time making an object only for it to break in the kiln.

VOA: special.2009.09.09

Both were interested in the idea of making a textile piece from silk of the golden orb spider.

VOA: special.2009.10.30

The studies appear to show that genetic problems are involved in making people likely to get the disease.

VOA: special.2009.01.06