The twenty-two meter long rocket would put a little scientific satellite into orbit as one of the events of the international geophysical year.

VOA: special.2009.06.10

That cabin is a 14-ton spherical steel capsule only two meters in diameter, with a single,half-meter-wide circular plastic window for viewing.

VOA: standard.2010.06.21

Three were plant-eaters. They were the western horse, the ancient bison and a two-meter tall animal called the Harlan's ground sloth.

VOA: special.2010.04.07

He was surprised to see land turtles that weighed more than two hundred kilograms and were more than one meter long.

VOA: special.2009.12.16

That was all Tuesday. The next day, Michael Phelps competed in the two hundred meter butterfly.

VOA: special.2009.08.01

Add two handfuls of soil for every half square meter of bedding material and mix well.

VOA: special.2011.07.05

He said that after he defeated American Michael Phelps in the two hundred meter freestyle.

VOA: special.2009.08.01

It was a two-meter tall flower arrangement in the shape of a dollar sign.

VOA: special.2010.06.06

The eighteen-meter long craft is designed tocarry two pilots and six passengers.

VOA: special.2009.12.18

Two four-meter-tall sculptures stand guard on either side of a door.

VOA: special.2010.06.23

It was just one meter wide by two-and-one-quarter meters long.

VOA: special.2010.10.06

Zhou Yang broke the women's beating the previous mark held by compatriot Wang Meng.Zhou, Wang and their two teammates bettered the mark in the 3000-meter relay that China had set at the 2002 Salt Lake City Olympics.

VOA: standard.2010.03.01