One belief is that it started when an English stableman committed suicide by hanging himself while standing on a pail,or bucket.

VOA: special.2011.06.05

When it reaches the brain, levodopa is changed into dopamine, the chemical that is lacking in people with the disease.

VOA: special.2009.04.07

It is cut to the chase. She heard that expression when she attended an important meeting of one company.

VOA: special.2010.07.25

That is when a government takes ownership of a private business, often with the idea of selling it back to investors later.

VOA: special.2009.01.30

He noted that a baked potato is not high in fat, but it becomes fatty when people add sour cream and butter to it.

VOA: special.2011.07.05

The people seem so empty of joy that when she touched their cold fingers it is as if she were shaking hands with a storm.

VOA: special.2009.11.15

It is important to remember that many of the greatest biological discoveries had yet to be made when Darwin published "On the Origin of Species."

VOA: special.2009.12.01

In many countries, it is possible to buy and use a special device that will warn when harmful levels of carbon monoxide are in the area.

VOA: special.2010.02.02

When I wrote 'blue cathedral' there is a huge English horn solo in the middle of it, and that's actually the first idea I came up with."

VOA: special.2010.07.12

It is used when someone tells something that was supposed to be secret.

VOA: special.2009.01.25

It also is probably what a number of reporters said earlier this month when they were permitted to see a machine that will be sent to the planet Mars.

VOA: special.2011.04.26

But when we come to where the large significant populations are, which is the Congo basin, then we find that it's the bush meat trade that's the commercial hunting of wild animals for food.

VOA: special.2009.11.18

"Malawi is a landlocked state, it is one of the ones that we tend to worry most about, and yet it has demonstrated that when you focus attention on a problem you can make progress."

VOA: special.2010.04.26

"I have felt blessed to represent the United States before the Supreme Court, to walk into the highest court in this country when it is deciding its most important cases, cases that have an impact on so many people's lives."

VOA: special.2010.05.15