They clashed at Manassas, or Bull Run,Virginia, less than fifty kilometers from Washington.

VOA: special.2009.09.03

As Lincoln got on the train that would take him to Washington, he said: "I now leave, not knowing when -- or whether ever I may return.

VOA: special.2009.07.23

Or write to American Mosaic, VOA Special English, Washington, D.C., 20237, U.S.A.

VOA: special.2009.01.02

Or write to Special English, Voice of America, Washington,DC 20237,USA.

VOA: special.2010.05.07

Or write to American Mosaic, VOA Special English, Washington,D.C.,two-zero-two-three-seven,U.S.A.

VOA: special.2009.04.24

George Washington maybe. Or maybe not.

VOA: special.2009.01.19

Dr.Yasser Ousman at Washington Hospital Center prescribes it for some pre-diabetic patients or those in the early stages of diabetes.

VOA: standard.2010.03.02

Whether impression or fact, Haitian President Rene Preval raised the issue when he came to Washington last month.

VOA: standard.2010.04.29

The president of Washington's National Sikh Gurdwara,or temple, says Sikhs in the United States attracted some hostility after 9/11 because they wore turbans.

VOA: standard.2009.10.19

However,he said Washington needs to go further and toughen its stance or risk ruining the peace process.

VOA: standard.2009.11.18

But he says whether it is Washington, the European Union or the Association of Southeast Asian Nations, others must also engage with Burma's opposition parties.

VOA: standard.2009.09.24

IMF deputy managing director John Lipsky told an economic forum in Washington Tuesday that the Flexible Credit Line,or FCL, is a form of insurance policy.

VOA: standard.2009.04.22

Flournoy told a conference at the Washington-based American Enterprise Institute she hopes all the new troops will be deployed in the next six or seven months.

VOA: standard.2009.12.08

On Tuesday,Major General Richard Formica told reporters those numbers could nearly double, but the plan has not been fully discussed with other coalition members or approved in either Washington or Kabul.

VOA: standard.2009.03.31

While the top-level process is continuing, Washington is consumed with a debate about whether the president should send more troops as the commanders want or take the air power and high technology route.

VOA: standard.2009.10.06

Charles Bolden, the head of the US space agency, NASA,and Lisa Jackson from the Environmental Protection Agency,or EPA, came to this Washington,DC middle school to encourage these youngsters to focus on math and science careers.

VOA: standard.2010.05.10

The Washington-based Center for Science in the Public Interest, or CSPI, notes that a 2005 report from the U.S.Institute of Medicine found that marketing to children makes them more likely to ask for and eat unhealthful foods.

VOA: standard.2010.06.24

Meir Javedanfar,an Iranian-born Middle East analyst in Tel Aviv says that he thinks the United States will have to make substantial concessions before the Iranian leadership considers improving ties with Washington: "I think if America can offer Iran something that has equal value or exceeds the value of Iran's nuclear program, then the Iranians might consider it.

VOA: standard.2009.03.21