So you could say the ones who are chosen are the best ones, or the cream of the crop.

VOA: special.2011.02.13

On an acoustic guitar, the strings vibrate and the hollow part of the instrument, or the sound box,also vibrates.

VOA: special.2009.09.27

There have been several proposals to pump water into the Dead Sea from the Red Sea or the Mediterranean.

VOA: special.2009.05.18

He didn't want to see his ugly bedroom or the cold bathroom with its cracked mirror and gray floor.

VOA: special.2009.04.04

The navigator also had to add any movement of the ship to the side caused by waves or the wind.

VOA: special.2009.12.23

Anti-slavery settlers in Kansas felt they could not get fair treatment from either the president or the new governor.

VOA: special.2009.05.07

He says the agency currently has twenty-eight projects working in astrobiology, or the study of life in outer space.

VOA: special.2010.05.25

And so I leave it with all of you: Which came out of the open door C the lady,or the tiger?

VOA: special.2009.04.18

What I do is I always know who I am writing for, I always know the ensemble or the soloist.

VOA: special.2010.07.12

Only two areas did not have an overfishing problem in either the new study or the earlier one.

VOA: special.2009.09.08

These medication mistakes included the accidental overdose of a drug or the wrong drug being given or taken.

VOA: special.2010.06.16

She showed that a brain injury did not mean the end of life or the end of joy.

VOA: special.2011.02.27

The seeds and pollen, or the lack of them, can show severe weather changes over thousands of years.

VOA: special.2010.04.07

For banks that need more capital, the plan calls for private investors or the government to provide it.

VOA: special.2009.02.13