Yet many observers see the results as more a rejection of the old than an acceptance of the new.

VOA: special.2009.09.05

In the ruling, Chief Justice John Marshall described a corporation as an "artificial being" that is a "creature of the law."

VOA: special.2010.03.05

Masses of these monocytes leave the spleen in the event of an injury like a heart attack, wound,or infection.

VOA: special.2009.08.25

The experiment showed that was not a safe way to protect people the bite of an infected mosquito from yellow fever.

VOA: special.2009.01.27

British ships,with the help of planes launched from an aircraft carrier, destroyed a powerful German battleship, the Bismarck on May 27,1941.

VOA: special.2011.06.09

Join us again next week for THE MAKING OF A NATION an American history series in VOA Special English.

VOA: special.2010.02.25

The state is named after an American Indian tribe a recognition of the groups that came long before the Pilgrims.

VOA: special.2009.11.23

The mystery is linked to the Freemasons, a secret men's group with an estimated five million members around the world.

VOA: special.2009.10.09

He tells the story of a boy in an immigrant neighborhood that connects two cultures, Mexican and American.

VOA: special.2010.06.21

The exact cause is unknown. But in a recent study, an experimental drug showed signs of halting the disorder in laboratory mice.

VOA: special.2010.05.19

To one it comes like the stroke of an arrow, shocking all the emotions to a sharper life.

VOA: special.2009.10.31

But the government also faces an armed rebellion in the north and a separatist movement in the south.

VOA: special.2010.01.09

An untreated or incorrectly treated bite might require the removal of a bitten foot, for example,or an arm.

VOA: special.2010.01.25

One of the showerheads was cleaned with a bleach solution in an effort to destroy the bacteria.

VOA: special.2009.10.13