Then they rubbed the clothes on flat pieces of wood, squeezed out the water and hung each piece to dry.

VOA: special.2010.03.28

The Pacific Rim, especially areas in China and Japan, they've run out of wood, but we have an abundance of it."

VOA: special.2011.07.22

And you can buy jewelry, drums made of leather, and wood carvings made by members of the tribe.

VOA: special.2010.07.05

Some canopies have narrow strips of metal or wood to provide either sunlight or shade, depending on the position of the sun.

VOA: special.2011.08.09

Visitors using canoes or airboats are likely to see large groups of wading birds like the wood stork or great blue heron.

VOA: special.2009.06.30

The project leader says some of the birds place pieces of wood on heavy machinery like bulldozers.

VOA: special.2009.10.06

Other controls include turning over the soil, pulling the weeds or covering them with mulch made of wood, garden waste or other material.

VOA: special.2010.08.10

They were covered with snow. In their branches were pieces of dry grass and wood left by flood waters earlier in the year.

VOA: special.2010.05.01

That is what you use to hit nails into the pieces of wood to hold them together.

VOA: special.2009.09.20

Visitors can climb up wood ladders to see the inside of several of the cave homes.

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It was very lonely. He placed one of the last pieces of wood on the fire.

VOA: special.2010.02.27

The president also showed his independence by investigating gifts of public land that the government had made to the railroad, wood and cattle industries.

VOA: special.2010.05.06

Some used natural materials like wood on the outside of the house for a pleasing appearance.

VOA: special.2009.10.27

Maya Lin cut out the shapes of three bodies of water using thin layers of wood.

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"And half of the people on planet Earth every day use wood or biomass for cooking.

VOA: special.2010.02.01

The ball was made of iron and wood and it was lit with one hundred lights.

VOA: special.2009.12.28

It is easy to tell that it must be a cold day because several of the men are sitting near a wood stove for warmth.

VOA: special.2010.03.17

The areas the printmaker cut away will be lower on the surface of the wood.

VOA: special.2009.09.02

He put several large pieces of wood on the snow, under one of the trees.

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To build the houses, he fills a wood frame with tightly packed bales of straw.

VOA: special.2009.10.05

The forest provides a wood crop that helps pay the costs of operating the estate.

VOA: special.2009.11.16

The part that showed above the water line was built of wood sixty centimeters thick.

VOA: special.2009.09.10

Rock walls made of wood or concrete have places for the climber's hands and feet.

VOA: special.2009.12.09

A different piece of cut wood is used for every color in the final image.

VOA: special.2009.09.02

This brightly painted old theater is one of the oldest wood buildings in town.

VOA: special.2009.02.16