Helen was their first child. Until she was a year-and-one-half old, Helen Keller was just like any other child.

VOA: special.2009.11.08

Those with the highest winds that destroy well-built homes and throw vehicles more than one hundred meters are called an F-five.

VOA: special.2010.05.11

Scientists say an experimental vaccine reduced the risk of infection in human beings by thirty-one percent and was safe.

VOA: special.2009.10.13

The bill,known as the Sherman Silver Purchase Act, would have the government buy four-and-one-half-million ounces of silver each month.

VOA: special.2010.06.03

The I.M.F.predicts developing economies will continue to grow for the year, but only by about one and one-half percent.

VOA: special.2009.04.24

Post would fly the plane. On June twenty-third,nineteen thirty-one, Post and Gatty took off from Roosevelt Field in New York.

VOA: special.2011.04.27

However you like them, for best results, beets should be picked when the roots are two and one-half centimeters around.

VOA: special.2010.03.02

At U.C.L.A. the man known simply as "Coach" had a record of six hundred twenty wins and one hundred forty-seven losses.

VOA: special.2010.06.10

A new report by the I.M.F.estimates that the world economy will shrink by one and three-tenths percent this year.

VOA: special.2009.04.24

One is the long-distance transport of bees for pollination and the spread of bee diseases from one area to another.

VOA: special.2011.05.24

And,he was right. John F.Kennedy became president in nineteen sixty-one and served until his murder two years later.

VOA: special.2009.08.23

As many as one hundred crystals may join to form a snowflake larger than two and one-half centimeters.

VOA: special.2011.01.11

The report says two and one-half million people infected with HIV now are being treated with antiretroviral medicines.

VOA: special.2010.03.10

However,the cooling of about one and one-half to three degrees Celsius is only about half as strong as a real La Nina.

VOA: special.2009.09.29