To farm the plains, he needed barbed wire for fences, and plows and other new equipment.

VOA: special.2010.04.15

Men everywhere seemed to be putting up poles with strings of wire for carrying telegraphic messages.

VOA: special.2009.02.22

American crime writer George Pelecanos is known for both his books and his writing for the television show "The Wire."

VOA: special.2011.07.13