just before it dies. The ancient Greek philosopher Socrates talked of this two thousand three hundred years ago.

VOA: special.2010.04.11

Each walker had to donate at least two thousand three hundred dollars.

VOA: special.2009.11.02

The debris now circles the Earth in orbits from two hundred kilometers to over three thousand eight hundred kilometers.

VOA: special.2009.04.01

Between nineteen eighty-three and two thousand two, Anita Roberts published more than three hundred forty research papers.

VOA: special.2011.05.31

By their count, the number fell from more than a half-million in nineteen eighty to about three hundred forty-three thousand in two thousand eight.

VOA: special.2010.04.14

Tuberculosis killed one million three hundred thousand people around the world in two thousand seven.

VOA: special.2009.03.25

About one thousand two hundred flights were cancelled at New York City's three major airports.

VOA: special.2010.01.05

The twenty mummies were about two thousand to three thousand five hundred years old.

VOA: special.2009.12.15

Organizers say two hundred forty people raised between three and five thousand dollars;

VOA: special.2009.11.02

In nineteen-oh-two,it sold about three hundred thousand copies each week.

VOA: special.2010.12.02