Also,the study says the United States fell from thirty-fourth to forty-ninth in female mortality and from forty-first to forty-fifth for men.

VOA: special.2010.05.05

In the next seven years, between nineteen-twenty-nine and nineteen-thirty-six, he seemed to re-invent the novel with every book he wrote.

VOA: special.2010.01.03

The expression probably comes from the physical act of turning your back toward someone, instead of speaking to him face-to-face.

VOA: special.2009.12.13

He hit two free throws in the final seconds to give Los Angeles an eighty-three to seventy-nine victory.

VOA: special.2010.06.25

There were many changes in the social customs and day-to-day life of millions of Americans during the administration of President Calvin Coolidge.

VOA: special.2011.01.06

It has easy appeal for the bully because it does not involve face-to-face contact and it can be done at any time.

VOA: special.2010.04.22

Phase five is marked by human-to-human spread of the virus into at least two countries in the same area of the world.

VOA: special.2009.05.06

And an international movement known as hospice has helped bring attention to difficult-to-treat pain for the dying.

VOA: special.2009.02.10

Another proposal would add two years to the full retirement age for Social Security -- raising it to sixty-nine by about twenty seventy-five.

VOA: special.2010.11.19

"We know only about thirty-three percent of women have access to a program that actually has services in place to prevent mother-to-child transmission.

VOA: special.2009.07.29

He led the team of scientists. They developed a new method of making maps of hard-to-reach areas.

VOA: special.2009.11.17

This is back-to-school season. But the National Retail Federation says school-related sales are down from last year.

VOA: special.2009.08.21

John Adams was the second president of the United States, serving from seventeen ninety-seven to eighteen-oh-one.

VOA: special.2009.07.24

For example,there are programs in Africa that teach the skin-to-skin method, also known as kangaroo care.

VOA: special.2009.10.26