It is also called Mardi Gras City for the wild celebrations and parades that take place there every year.

VOA: special.2010.03.14

The official dedication did not take place until nineteen forty, when President Franklin Roosevelt spoke at a ceremony in the park.

VOA: special.2009.09.28

But not all tests for life in outer space take place far away, and not all involve the search for liquids.

VOA: special.2010.05.25

He says part of what makes the science cafe successful is that the conversations take place at a restaurant called Herbie's.

VOA: special.2010.05.14

Recognition of the harm asbestoscan do and the ban on its new uses did not take place until recently.

VOA: special.2009.11.17

They were among the worst examples of dishonesty and poor government ever to take place in American history.

VOA: special.2010.02.04

Modern instruments show that about ninety percent of all earthquakes take place along a few lines in several places around the Earth.

VOA: special.2010.01.12

But word leaked out that it was to take place in the town of Rhinebeck, about a two-hour drive from New York City.

VOA: special.2010.08.09

Faith Lapidus tells about the sea-change soon to take place in what is called the "Silent Service."

VOA: special.2010.05.21

The summit will take place at a convention center recognized for leadership in energy and environmental design.

VOA: special.2009.07.13

Scientists say the thinning ozone layer over the South Pole makes climate change take place more quickly than in other areas of the world.

VOA: special.2009.06.03

It is along or near this fault line that most of California's earthquakes take place, as the two tectonic plates move in different directions.

VOA: special.2011.01.04

It would also include donors and members of NATO, and might take place in the Netherlands.

VOA: special.2009.03.07

as needed during the talks. Secretary Clinton said the talks should take place without preconditions.

VOA: special.2010.08.21