"Just a back-of-the-envelope calculation shows that in the Philippines, if we in a year can be reaching just five thousand farmers and their fields can be increasing the yield by half a ton per hectare, we could be looking at profitabilities for those farmers in the range of half a million dollars."

VOA: standard.2010.07.28

"At noon we were stuck in a muddy road about as nearly as we could figure, ten kilometres from Udine.

VOA: special.2011.06.26

We found it in a baby book. And then Michael we named after my husband's good friend and my father."

VOA: special.2009.07.06

During tough times -- I mean we are in a recession right now -- this is like affordable luxury.

VOA: special.2010.04.12

We could not bring in a recorder, but the courtroom is mostly quiet except for the lawyers, witnesses and judge talking.

VOA: special.2009.08.31

Researcher Laura Nauman noted that we live in a time of social media, and personal photographs are everywhere.

VOA: special.2009.11.24

"You see, we got a little hole in that flag there, When Washington took it across the Delaware.

VOA: special.2010.07.02

Now we are engaged in a great civil war, testing whether that nation, or any nation so conceived, and so dedicated,can long endure.

VOA: special.2011.02.07

We have done a lot. We are suffering in terms of our economy and obviously it is affecting our common man in the country."

VOA: special.2010.12.18

"Now we are engaged in a great civil war testing whether that nation or any nation so conceived and so dedicated, can long endure.

VOA: special.2009.11.12

And we visit a museum in Washington that helps people learn more about crimes and investigations.

VOA: special.2010.05.05

Then we come to a room in which dinner can be served to many guests.

VOA: special.2009.11.16

"And we also built in a website address so that if somebody decodes the code within the code, they can send an e-mail to that address.

VOA: special.2010.07.20

Today on our program, we visit a town in the western state of Arizona that was saved from being a ghost town by a violent history.

VOA: special.2010.02.15