One reason is that heavy amounts of snow fall in surprisingly small areas.

VOA: special.2010.01.05

"And,what you see is a new economy breaking through what's breaking down: that heavy,industrialized, over-ambitious,over-productive, over-consumptive model, which is actually going to completely destroy our chancesof survival in the future.

VOA: standard.2010.02.24

Banks in Austria,Italy and Sweden that expanded into the area during good times are now in danger of heavy losses.

VOA: special.2009.03.06

It seemed as if a heavy body was thrown against the table with a force that pushed against his chest.

VOA: special.2009.10.31

The color also is easier to see in the heavy fog that often covers the area.

VOA: special.2010.07.23

But,the best idea probably is that the name comes from the sound that troops make when ordered to march long distances carrying heavy equipment.

VOA: special.2010.03.07

Now,a study shows that low doses of the medicine given by mouth are equal to, or better than, a heavy dose administered into the blood.

VOA: special.2010.06.23

The few Confederate trains that escaped capture were worn out from heavy use.

VOA: special.2010.01.14

That would be good news for European countries with heavy debt loads.

VOA: special.2010.05.07

Its teeth filled a fierce-looking mouth that was heavy with muscles.

VOA: special.2009.10.13

There was such a large crowd that a ship's cable, a heavy rope, was stretched across the portico to separate the crowd from Jackson as he took the oath and delivered his inaugural address.

VOA: special.2009.01.19

This was more action-heavy for me the action in this movie was more intricate than in previous movies that I've done."

VOA: standard.2010.06.20

and he says he has "paid a heavy price." The Olmert case is one of several recent corruption scandals that have toppled senior officials.

VOA: standard.2009.09.25

Protesters have decried heavy-handed police tactics that have resulted in hundreds of arrests and highway blockades.

VOA: standard.2009.03.13

Congress in efforts to end a dispute over access to the United States by Mexican truckers that has spurred heavy Mexican tariffs against American goods.

VOA: standard.2009.03.25

Switzer says that the industrial nature of gas drilling, with heavy truck traffic and noise, and occasional wastewater and chemical spills,has transformed their peaceful country life.

VOA: standard.2010.01.02

That drew heavy condemnation from both Baghdad and the regional Iraqi Kurdish government.

VOA: standard.2010.06.17