Many business owners agreed to follow codes or rules such as limiting the number of hours people could work.

VOA: special.2011.03.24

Life expectancy rates climbed, because doctors and scientists developed effective ways to prevent or treat diseases such as tuberculosis, typhoid,diphtheria,and influenza.

VOA: special.2010.12.02

Knitting is a way of creating clothing by looping together long thin pieces of material such as cotton or wool.

VOA: special.2009.04.08

Or,they can be more complex such as using liquid glazes to change the color or shininess of the clay surface.

VOA: special.2009.09.09

Also,their risk of side effects such as glaucoma, high blood pressure and edema, or swelling in the legs,was reduced.

VOA: special.2010.06.23

The researchers say they did not find any such relationship with the use of other media such as movies,video games or radio.

VOA: special.2009.02.11

It could mean the soldier himself. It could mean things given to soldiers when they joined the military such as weapons,equipment or clothes.

VOA: special.2010.03.07

The researchers say they did not find any such link with the use of other media such as movies, radio or video games.

VOA: special.2009.03.10

The studies also appear to show that environmental causes such as viruses or bacteria may be involved.

VOA: special.2009.01.06

They were conservative men. They represented workers with certain skills, such as wood workers or metal workers.

VOA: special.2011.03.31

This is because most fraternities and sororities are named after a series of Greek letters, such as Alpha Delta Pi or Sigma Phi.

VOA: special.2009.09.25

The lowest performing schools would face changes such as replacing teachers and the principal or being closed.

VOA: special.2010.03.18

But until then, federal law bars the Census Bureau from sharing individual records with any other agency -- such as immigration or anti-terrorism officials.

VOA: special.2010.03.20

"A country such as Bangladesh or India, they average less than eight new implants per million.

VOA: special.2010.06.02