In eighteen seventy-two, a famous American word expert decided that the time had come to kill this word.

VOA: special.2010.08.08

But word leaked out that it was to take place in the town of Rhinebeck, about a two-hour drive from New York City.

VOA: special.2010.08.09

She tasted a bite, and she read a word or two and she slowly drank the wine.

VOA: special.2009.09.05

The word HeLa uses the first two letters of her first and last name.

VOA: special.2010.07.21

People in Japan call them "harbor waves." Tsunami is a two-character Japanese word.

VOA: special.2011.06.07