Genes direct the making of proteins which do much of the work in building an organism, whether a person or a potato.

VOA: special.2009.11.03

Much of that water flowed into the Cumberland River, which flows through Nashville.

VOA: special.2010.05.17

Noordin led a faction of the group Jemaah Islamiyah (JI), which seeks to establish a single Islamic state across much of Southeast Asia.

VOA: standard.2009.09.21

That distinction belongs to the broadcast network itself, which takes as much as one-quarter of the commercial time to promote its own shows.

VOA: standard.2010.01.27

But the crowded city is more fortunate than much of the country, which sits atop tectonic plates that frequently slam together to cause massive earthquakes.

VOA: standard.2009.09.07

State-owned investment company Dubai World,which manages much of the city-state's massive development projects, is asking creditors for a delay in repaying about $60 billion in debt.

VOA: standard.2009.11.27

"How does this hunk of flesh, which is not much different from a muscle it's just a bowl of porridge how does it produce the mind?

VOA: standard.2010.01.28

She says she can make as much as $150 a month as part of the cooperative, which has opened her eyes to a world outside Kebon.

VOA: standard.2010.04.14

"How does this hunk of flesh, which is not much different from a muscle,you know, it's just a bowl of porridge how does it produce the mind?

VOA: standard.2010.01.15

"Businessmen on the Egyptian side who are able to have an exclusive market of a million and a half people to which they can market products for a much higher price."

VOA: standard.2010.06.17

In their study, the researchers tested blood for cotinine,a chemical which is produced when nicotine is metabolized, so they got an objective measure of how much smoke the teenagers were exposed to.

VOA: standard.2010.03.04

While the United Nations has not identified the gunmen, some local media reports from Somalia said the attackers were members of the Islamist al-Shabab militia, which controls much of southern and central Somalia.

VOA: standard.2009.03.16

A runoff would likely have to be delayed until next year if not held very soon to avoid the impending winter, which would not make balloting logistically possible in much of rural Afghanistan.

VOA: standard.2009.09.15

"What we found is that live donation is very safe, the risk of dying from donating a kidney is 3 in 10,000 which is much lower than the risk of almost any other operation that you can undergo."

VOA: standard.2010.03.11