Whether grown naturally or through technology, people who love orchids say they are the most beautiful flowers on Earth.

VOA: special.2010.04.06

Instead,it will be based on a simple principle: whether a state is ready to do what works.

VOA: special.2009.07.30

Scholars who work on publishing make careful choices many of the plays about whether to use words from the First Folio,or the Quartos.

VOA: special.2010.01.13

For example, the court will have to rule on whether companies with majority foreign ownership can enjoy the same expanded rights of political speech.

VOA: special.2010.03.12

He said territorial governments should be formed in the other parts of the western territories, with no immediate decision on whether slavery would be permitted.

VOA: special.2009.03.19

These are really financial bets on whether some asset will gain or lose value.

VOA: special.2010.04.30

When the people gathered together on one of the great trial days, they never knew whether they would see a bloody killing or a happy ending.

VOA: special.2009.04.18

Whether we talk about a ramp or whether we talk about a doorway or a handrail, things like Braille on elevators and signage and things like that."

VOA: special.2010.07.28

"I don't think this is going to have that big an effect on either side, whether it's the states who want to maintain their territorial integrity against the aspirations of some of their own indigenous people or, for that matter, movements that want to seek their own independence and freedom."

VOA: special.2010.07.24

Officials with Russia's domestic intelligence service, the FSB,have yet to comment on whether the derailment was caused by terrorism.

VOA: standard.2009.11.27

The political analyst believes Cairo would be better off to focus on issues close to home, whether successful or not.

VOA: standard.2009.11.03

which former Alaska Governor Sarah Palin said on the Internet would decide whether terminally ill senior citizens would live or die.

VOA: standard.2009.08.22

She was asked on the "Fox News Sunday" television program whether she would consider running two years from now.

VOA: standard.2010.02.09

Prospects for peace hinge largely on the key issue of whether the two sides can agree on the status of Jerusalem.

VOA: standard.2009.04.09