Warmer than average temperatures and lack of snow have been major concerns in the weeks leading up to the games.

VOA: special.2010.02.10

He had been on the first exploratory trip to the mountain that had mapped the way up from the southern side.

VOA: special.2010.06.30

As she heard the muffled roar of the van starting up in the distance, a horrifying realization gripped her."

VOA: special.2009.08.24

The path continues past the ruins of the old pueblo up toward the reddish brown wall of Frijoles Canyon.

VOA: special.2010.07.05

She came out of the bushes and looked up into the face of a tall young man carrying a gun.

VOA: special.2010.04.03

They were from the democracy groups,universities, and media organizations that worked with the State Department to set up the contest.

VOA: special.2009.10.02

Then,on April twenty-fifth, General Taylor received word that a large Mexican force had crossed the border a few kilometers up the river.

VOA: special.2009.02.26

During those long summer days, The Luck was carried up the mountain to the place where the men were digging for gold.

VOA: special.2009.06.06

While she waited for the bombing attack to end, her cameras recorded the explosions, which lit up the rooftops of the city.

VOA: special.2009.05.17

There was a new effort to build wealth from the bottom up, rather than from the top down.

VOA: special.2011.03.24

Then the chief justice took up the question of the free territory in which Scott had lived.

VOA: special.2009.05.14

This could be a serious problem. The shield protected the spacecraft from burning up from the extreme heat of re-entering the Earth's atmosphere.

VOA: special.2009.06.17

The small lights make up the exact pattern of stars in the sky on the day the park opened in two thousand one.

VOA: special.2009.05.06

The belayer then gives more rope up to the lead climber as he moves up the rock.

VOA: special.2009.12.09