This modern addition was designed by the Chinese-American architect I.M.Pei.

VOA: special.2010.06.23

This very modern building was made to give its owners a beautiful view of the nearby forest and mountains.

VOA: special.2009.05.06

Most of the songs about this season were written in the nineteen thirties and forties by famous modern composers.

VOA: special.2010.03.15

"This is quite an unacceptable situation given the fact that we are all living in modern world.

VOA: special.2010.03.15

An eighteen ninety-three guidebook called "Modern Etiquette in Public and Private" had this to say: "Long fingers are a sign of refinement.

VOA: special.2009.02.25

This painting of five women went against the traditional values of artistic representation and changed modern art forever.

VOA: special.2010.03.24

"I think that people are often surprised when they come to this museum and see an exhibition of modern or contemporary native art.

VOA: special.2010.11.29

Now listen as Mister Scheer reads the same sentences again, but this time in Modern English.

VOA: special.2011.01.05

This is one of Poe's stories that influenced the development of the modern detective story.

VOA: special.2009.12.26

This mechanical bird shows how modern technology is adding to the limitless possibilities of puppetry.

VOA: special.2009.09.23

But the power of this river has been demonstrated in more modern times.

VOA: special.2009.08.12

He says this kind of research could never replace modern medical studies.

VOA: special.2010.06.29

"If we put a bureaucratic hand on this, we will stifle the capacity for modern technology to give us a better shot at the students learning the material."

VOA: special.2011.06.09

Bela Fleck brings a modern sound to this traditional string instrument.

VOA: special.2010.04.19