Only a targeted area of leaves is removed from the lower part of the vines to help the grapes grow better.

VOA: special.2009.07.14

He was to help the government build an army for defense purposes as the Philippines began planning for independence.

VOA: special.2009.05.24

Officials say this will make it easier to measure the effects of policies and develop new solutions to help the world's poor.

VOA: special.2010.04.26

Top government officials, led by Vice President Joe Biden, will work on policies to help the middle class.

VOA: special.2009.01.31

He wanted to copy the program, to help the teens in court develop self-esteem and communication skills and better control their anger.

VOA: special.2010.06.03

Back on Earth, space scientists and engineers worked around the clock to design and test new ideas to help the astronauts survive.

VOA: special.2009.07.22

Professor Taylor is urging people in the southern United States to help the monarchs by planting milkweed.

VOA: special.2010.04.27

It suggested that students "Write letters to themselves about what they can do to help the president."

VOA: special.2009.09.10

Now,scientists have learned more about how those noses work to help the much-feared fish direct its movements.

VOA: special.2010.08.03

Virginia's governor said he would not send troops to help the North get control of the South.

VOA: special.2009.08.13

Confederate doctors treated their own men, then tried to help the wounded soldiers of the other side.

VOA: special.2009.09.24

His plan included programs to help the country recover from the failing economy of the 1930s.

VOA: special.2009.01.02

Material called a growth medium is put on the joint to keep it from getting dry and to help the two plants grow together.

VOA: special.2010.05.18

The United States agreed to help the South Pacific islands settle any differences with other nations.

VOA: special.2010.07.08