These comedies, with plenty of songs, were a popular form of entertainment in the nineteen twenties and nineteen thirties.

VOA: special.2009.02.15

The researchers said the hair cortisol levels were a better predictor of heart attack than established risk factors like high blood pressure.

VOA: special.2010.10.12

Most southerners believed that Clay's proposals were a reasonable way to settle the difference and protect the union.

VOA: special.2009.03.26

William the Conqueror led it. The Normans were a French-speaking people from Normandy in the north of France.

VOA: special.2011.01.05

Sylvie felt as if she were a part of the gray shadows and the silver leaves that moved in the evening breeze.

VOA: special.2010.04.03

Most people say the letters GI were a short way to say general issue or government issue.

VOA: special.2010.03.07

"I paid special attention to a large desk where there were a lot of papers and books.

VOA: special.2009.12.26

"Actually,there were a lot of Chinese going back to the People's Republic of China at that time, ninety-thousand in one year from Fukien Province alone.

VOA: special.2011.06.10

"Hello Alfred, I've not seen you for years, not since you were a little boy."

VOA: special.2009.03.07

The nineteen fifties were a time of extreme fear of Communism in the United States.

VOA: special.2009.11.29

The Republicans were a new party, and Lincoln was the first to be elected president.

VOA: special.2009.07.23

Before the age of television and the Internet puppet shows were a major form of entertainment for audiences of all ages all over the world.

VOA: special.2009.09.23

There were a number of pending bills in different legislatures challenging fair employment practices.

VOA: special.2009.04.05

"Rates of increase for international students coming to America were a little bit slower in the last year and we think that reflects the global recession.

VOA: special.2010.11.18