And scientists are reporting this week on what they call the "indirect costs" of a virus-resistance gene in Cucurbita.

VOA: special.2009.10.27

She gave birth to Thomas -- or Tiggy, as his parents call him -- at a hospital in Washington.

VOA: special.2010.08.04

Still, Ms.Halloran says M-rated games like Call of Duty, Halo and Fallout are the most popular games in the store.

VOA: special.2011.07.04

And they will study whether it is involving in controlling sleep quantity alone, or also what scientists call the "wakefulness-behavioral drive."

VOA: special.2009.08.26

There were fierce battles in Gaza on Friday as Hamas and Israel both rejected a United Nations call for an immediate cease-fire.

VOA: special.2009.01.10

But now researchers led by Doctor Jonathan Winickoff at MassGeneral Hospital for Children in Boston are warning about what they call "third-hand smoke."

VOA: special.2009.01.07

People in Japan call them "harbor waves." Tsunami is a two-character Japanese word.

VOA: special.2011.06.07

In other words,he is saying, if you run out,call eighty-six.

VOA: special.2010.01.08

And on the inner wall close to the courtyard actually what you see are some glittering tiles, thats what we call the luminary wall. Each lit rectangle tells about Chinese-American who has been important in American or world history.

VOA: special.2010.03.03

In a country the size of western Europe, we can't be everywhere at the same time, and the hotline allows them to call in no matter where they are and to ask usthe information that we can provide -- even if we're not necessarily able to provide the services directly."

VOA: special.2010.05.03

Only the people here call it Calle Ocho, and even the signs at the McDonald's fast-food restaurant are in Spanish.

VOA: standard.2010.04.19

He recounts a phone call with his mother before taking the 200-meter gold in record time Thursday night.

VOA: standard.2009.08.21

The F-22 is what experts call an "air superiority" fighter, designed to defeat enemy jets in mid-air battles.

VOA: standard.2009.07.21

What some call the V-word - Vietnam is increasingly heard in the growing debate over U.S.involvement in Afghanistan.

VOA: standard.2009.09.09