In the United States, holiday gift giving is important not only for the usual reasons, like showing friendship and love.

VOA: special.2009.12.21

If the problem continues for several days, the effects will be the same as the usual kind of heat exhaustion.

VOA: special.2010.07.27

But the National Park Service says people can expect the usual show of pink and white flowers.

VOA: special.2010.03.16

In it,he says it was the usual practice for folklorists to copyright songs that they collected.

VOA: special.2010.01.25

The Washington Animal Rescue League does not charge the usual adoption fees for the vets.

VOA: special.2009.12.11

The usual five-year waiting period for entrance into the Baseball Hall of Fame was suspended.

VOA: special.2010.04.11

Ten movies have been nominated for best picture instead of the usual five.

VOA: special.2010.03.01

Her first experience with the sport probably was not the usual kind.

VOA: special.2009.12.09

Specials are foods not on the usual list of foods served.

VOA: special.2010.01.08

He listed the usual chocolate,a movie, maybe go to a party.

VOA: special.2010.02.08

not the usual enhancement, but rather qualitative enhancement - above all through the strategic nuclear forces.

VOA: standard.2009.03.20

It exposes a patient to much larger doses of radiation than the usual x-ray.

VOA: standard.2010.01.30

"This is the usual lie, deliberately fabricated by this terrorist group."

VOA: standard.2009.11.16

At the beach resort of Coolum, north of the Queensland state capital of Brisbane, dark brown waves rolled ashore instead of the usual whitecaps and aqua waters of the Coral Sea.

VOA: standard.2009.03.13