That it was necessary to stop - for a while - all payments in gold or silver.

VOA: special.2009.01.01

One belief is that it started when an English stableman committed suicide by hanging himself while standing on a pail,or bucket.

VOA: special.2011.06.05

For example, someone who likes to spend a lot of time sitting or lying down while watching television is sometimes called a couch potato.

VOA: special.2010.03.28

I imagined I was really flying across an ocean in an airplane, looking over my notes for a big story while on the way to Constantinople or Khartoum.

VOA: special.2010.01.30

"A player who hasn't been playing for very long, I try to keep them next to the section player, or leader as we call it, that has been playing a while so they can always ask questions say, 'Hey,I don't know what that means.'" Matt is now in college, studying music education.

VOA: special.2010.06.21

More than 1,400 foreign troops have died while thousands of Afghan civilians have been killed by insurgents or as a result of military operations.

VOA: standard.2009.09.10

Their mobile phones could save them a trip. So,while it may not be good for plowing a field or harvesting vegetables, the mobile phone is becoming one of a farmer's most valuable tools.

VOA: standard.2010.07.28

We think that there is a need, while we are treating this matter, to examine the effect, or the impact of whatever decision that will be taken on the peace process in eastern Congo."

VOA: standard.2009.04.18

While there is advice aplenty on how to lose pounds or kilograms, a new study focuses on middle aged and older women who maintain normal body weight, or BMI (Body Mass Index) and do not diet.

VOA: standard.2010.03.30

He says,in the last six or seven years, the number of jihadi groups has expanded so greatly that it is taking a while to find out who these people are and how many fighters have joined their ranks.

VOA: standard.2009.03.30

Conference organizer, Dr.Greg Pappas of the American non-governmental organization,or NGO, called Interaction says that while it is too early to tell whether the current outbreak will turn into a global pandemic, poorer countries in particular need to be prepared for the day when one does hit.

VOA: standard.2009.04.28