"In short,our goal is to get G.M.back on its feet, take a hands-off approach and get out quickly."

VOA: special.2009.06.05

One shows the remains of a dying star four thousand light years away which has thrown off a cloud of glowing hydrogen gas.

VOA: special.2009.09.30

For example, you might hear a student say to her friend that her spelling test was "as easy as falling off a log."

VOA: special.2009.06.07

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

VOA: special.2009.08.01

He could turn off a light and then jump into his bed before the room got dark.

VOA: special.2009.01.24

Once again, he took off a metal band from his arm and gave it to me.

VOA: special.2010.07.31

He slowly took off a metal band from his arm and held it out to me.

VOA: special.2010.07.17

It is exciting to stand only a few meters away and watch scientists clean the asphalt off a fossil that is thousands of years old.

VOA: special.2010.04.07

For example, the gunfight did not really take place in the OK Corral, but near it in a field just off a main street in town.

VOA: special.2010.02.15

They will have to tell how long and how much it would take to pay off a card if the holder makes only the lowest monthly payment.

VOA: special.2009.05.22

He drove a car off a low bridge on Chappaquiddick Island in Massachusetts.

VOA: special.2009.08.29

The incident set off a wave of fear and anger across the country.

VOA: special.2010.05.06

And their meaning is as easy to understand as "falling off a log."

VOA: special.2009.06.07

Senator Kennedy drove his car off a bridge on Chappaquiddick Island in Massachusetts.

VOA: special.2009.09.13