The Forest Service is protecting the area from too much human activity so it will return to its natural wild condition.

VOA: special.2009.07.20

Washington,D.C. is the country's capital but it is a city,not a state, so it does not have its own star.

VOA: special.2010.04.02

The eastern state of Vermont is proud of its beautiful Green Mountains so it calls itself the Green Mountain State.

VOA: special.2009.08.23

Ben decided to take the bird home and fix its broken wings so that it could fly again.

VOA: special.2010.03.20

He knew that the South African government was trying to change its image so it could take part in the Olympic Games.

VOA: special.2010.02.07

It did say,however, that any state wishing to return to the Union could do so without losing any of its constitutional rights.

VOA: special.2009.12.10

So the city is proud of its latest nickname, The Rock and Roll Capital of the World.

VOA: special.2010.03.21

But Toyota sales in the United States have fallen, and so has its stock price.

VOA: special.2010.02.05

He said they were so large each could carry a man on its back.

VOA: special.2009.12.16

"The bank will estimate its costs based on its fixed costs, variable costs, the cost of their employees, the rent and so on and so forth.

VOA: special.2009.12.11

So it is normal for a burro to have some dirt in its coat.

VOA: special.2010.02.16

So he decided to travel to Japan to study its culture and language.

VOA: special.2010.07.11

"I think part of its success was that everybody could recognize something of themselves in the exhibit and so the Family of Man show belonged to everybody."

VOA: special.2009.11.20

The crime became so bad in Loisaida that its lettered avenues got nicknames.

VOA: special.2009.04.27