However,because Leonardo was born to parents who were not married to each other, he was barred from some studies and professions.

VOA: special.2010.09.15

President Obama, in a speech on Wednesday, sought to distance himself from some of the policies of George W.Bush.

VOA: special.2009.09.26

But first,we talk to some Americans who have retired from their professional lives but still work hard to help others.

VOA: special.2010.07.16

But the rewrites also removed some parts from the early books that might have seemed racially offensive to later generations.

VOA: special.2009.08.24

"His arrest was made," Lincoln said, "because he was trying with some successto prevent men from entering the army.

VOA: special.2009.10.29

This makes it more difficult for students to buy papers from companies that some call "plagiarism mills" or "essay mills."

VOA: special.2009.04.23

It has some grammar structure and words from several other languages that are unknown or that have disappeared.

VOA: special.2009.12.02

The Washington Post recently rated the cupcakes from there as some of the best in the capital area.

VOA: special.2010.04.12

The team found levels of lead as high as thirty-two thousand parts per million in tests on some paint samples from Ecuador.

VOA: special.2009.08.31

Some American students from Florida are bringing the business of beekeeping to farmers in a community in Ghana.

VOA: special.2009.06.29

A new study in the journal Nature has shown some hopeful results from an experimental gel that might protect women from H.I.V.

VOA: special.2009.03.16

North Dakota gets its nickname, "The Flickertail State" not from some bird, but from a little squirrel.

VOA: special.2009.08.09

On his second day as president, Lincoln received some bad news from Fort Sumter at Charleston,South Carolina.

VOA: special.2009.08.06

Some young engineers from the United States have brought the Internet to several areas of rural Kenya.

VOA: special.2009.02.16