It led the sculptor Felix de Weldon to create one of the largest free-standing bronze statues in the world.

VOA: special.2011.05.30

It also includes the largest criminal fine ever in any case in the United States, more than one billion dollars.

VOA: special.2009.09.11

The three men had found one of the largest amounts of gold ever discovered lying on the surface of the Earth.

VOA: special.2009.02.04

More than two hundred fifty galleries and dealers make it one of the largest art markets in the country.

VOA: special.2009.03.30

It was the largest and most difficult structure of its kind ever built when work started in nineteen thirty-one.

VOA: special.2009.08.12

It grew into one of the largest community festivals in the western states, complete with the world's largest strawberry shortcake.

VOA: special.2009.05.19

The recession has hit especially hard in California, home of the world's eighth largest economy and one out of eight Americans.

VOA: special.2009.07.31

The CME Group, operator of the Chicago Mercantile Exchange, is one of the world's largest traders of derivatives.

VOA: special.2011.02.18

Gannett,the nation's largest newspaper publisher, has cut more than one-fifth of its jobs in the past two years.

VOA: special.2009.03.21

One of the largest air shows in the United States is also one of the largest trade shows in the aircraft industry.

VOA: special.2010.07.30

Louisiana is also one of the world's largest producers of what some call "the most important fish you've never heard of": menhaden.

VOA: special.2010.05.04

A new report says Mexicans now represent one-third of all immigrants in the United States -- by far the largest nationality group.

VOA: special.2009.04.18

She was the first woman chief of the Cherokee Nation, one of the largest American Indian tribes.

VOA: special.2010.04.23

It is also home to one of the state's oldest and largest schools: the University of Vermont.

VOA: special.2010.10.25

It is the largest trade show of any kind in North America with over one hundred thirty thousand square meters of exhibition space.

VOA: special.2010.01.26

Diana Atieno Tujuh volunteers as a teacher at the Saint Christine's Community Center in the Kibera slum, one of the largest in Africa.

VOA: special.2009.08.24

At the Smithsonian museums, you will find everything from huge dinosaur bones to the Hope diamond, one of the largest in the world.

VOA: special.2010.07.09

The Grand Canyon in Arizona is one of the largest and most beautiful of all canyons.

VOA: special.2009.10.07

China again sent the second largest number, more than ninety-eight thousand, an increase of twenty-one percent.

VOA: special.2009.11.26

The park has one of the world's largest outdoor sculptures, a ten-ton creation by Anish Kapoor.

VOA: special.2009.01.12

But anyone can visit the main attraction, one of the largest caves in the world.

VOA: special.2009.12.07

Under the deal, Kraft will become one of the largest candy makers in the world.

VOA: special.2010.02.17

This area has one of the largest numbers of archeological sites in the United States.

VOA: special.2011.03.30