A lot of Americans may be surprised to know that it was written without saying anything directly about sports.

VOA: special.2010.03.04

Soon after the Civil War ended in eighteen sixty-five, thousands of Americans began to move west to settle the land.

VOA: special.2010.03.18

They created more than fifteen thousand paintings and sculptures designed to lift the spirits of Americans during a difficult time.

VOA: special.2009.03.23

A different group, the National Opinion Research Center, recently found that seventeen percent of Americans do not identify with any faith.

VOA: special.2011.01.13

The Favorite Poem Project collected video of Americans from all backgrounds,ages and places reading their favorite poems and talking about them.

VOA: special.2010.04.05

Yet for all his influence, millions of Americans today remember him for just one song, which children learn in school.

VOA: special.2009.07.27

A survey last April by the Pew Forum on Religion and Public Life found that fifty-four percent of Americans opposed gay marriage.

VOA: special.2010.02.06

The National Turkey Federation says that more than ninety percent of Americans eat turkey at Thanksgiving in November.

VOA: special.2010.05.28

And millions of Americans listened to the boxing match in nineteen twenty-six between Jack Dempsey and Gene Tunney.

VOA: special.2010.12.30

There were many changes in the social customs and day-to-day life of millions of Americans during the administration of President Calvin Coolidge.

VOA: special.2011.01.06

Millions of Americans now use a debit card or credit card, instead of paper money or checks, to make most of their purchases.

VOA: special.2009.05.21

President McKinley said it was his responsibility to protect the lives and property of Americans living there.

VOA: special.2010.07.08

And in the eyes of a lot of Americans, this is not really dealing with the economy.

VOA: special.2010.01.23

The government says sixty-five percent of Americans who discover they are infected get treatment within three months.

VOA: special.2010.07.14