And quicker than you could shut your eyes that frogwould jump straight up and catch a fly off the table.

VOA: special.2009.08.29

The glassblower must turn the pipe constantly so that the thick liquid glass does not fall off the end.

VOA: special.2009.09.16

We even took the tops off the tables to see if he had hidden the letter in the table legs.

VOA: special.2009.12.26

Most anti-slavery men did not vote, because their names had been kept off the voting lists by pro-slavery officials.

VOA: special.2009.05.21

But when it landed, the pilot could take off the wings and propeller and drive it like any other car.

VOA: special.2009.01.14

They really rake in the cash. In fact,they make so much money that they can live high off the hog.

VOA: special.2009.10.18

The Florida,for example, captured more than thirty ships before being captured itself off the coast of Brazil in eighteen sixty-four.

VOA: special.2009.09.10

Today we tell about a wave of crime taking place in the warm waters off the east coast of Africa.

VOA: special.2009.05.27

Bob Doughty and Faith Lapidus tell about some of the winning American athletes on and off the ice and snow.

VOA: special.2010.02.26

Jackie Robinson had difficulty on and off the baseball field, but he did not let that interfere with his game.

VOA: special.2009.04.05

The assassination of Austria's Archduke Franz Ferdinand in the city of Sarajevo was the spark that set off the explosion.

VOA: special.2010.10.07

Vincent Schilling says that like many Native Americans who live off the reservation, he still has strong ties to his culture.

VOA: special.2010.11.29

China's export prices may rise, but an American diplomat said the action "takes an irritant off the table in the U.S.-China relationship."

VOA: special.2010.06.25

Governor Jay Nixon has agreed to shut off the lights in the dome of the state capitol building.

VOA: special.2010.03.22