The eastern part of the Great Pacific Ocean Garbage Patch is about one thousand six hundred kilometers west of California.

VOA: special.2009.09.22

It was part of Virginia at that time, but is now located in the state of West Virginia.

VOA: special.2009.06.25

This week in our series, Robert Bostic and Leo Scully tell about the gold rush and the important part cowboys played in settling the West.

VOA: special.2010.03.18

The expression "to buffalo" soon became part of the speech of the American west.

VOA: special.2009.02.15

Egypt,Iraq,Jordan,Lebanon, the West Bank,Syria and Yemen are all taking part in the project.

VOA: special.2010.02.08

The western part is west of the Hawaiian Islands and east of Japan.

VOA: special.2009.09.22

today it is part of West Virginia.

VOA: special.2009.06.18

It provided a calm, safe route west next to the river, which is nearly dry upstream part of the year but whose rapids rage in springtime.

VOA: standard.2010.04.29

Someone collects it. I get paid and I get to feed my family.' To them,for the most part, that drug goes out internationally, to the West and it really doesn't have a personal connection to them.

VOA: standard.2010.06.23

Smith says American academicians and journalists often cite a list of root causes for Middle East turmoil, in which the U.S., the West and Israel usually play a big part: a history of colonialism and economic exploitation, the creation of Israel and American support for the Jewish state, the politics of oil, Western backing of repressive Arab regimes and the U.S.military presence in the region.

VOA: standard.2010.03.18