The experiment pushed the search for water several meters below the lunar surfacea much deeper than had been possible before.

VOA: special.2009.12.30

They found that people who spend months in space lose bone strength at a faster rate than experts had thought.

VOA: special.2009.03.10

Within a few years he had brought together more than twenty different automobile and parts companies under the General Motors name.

VOA: special.2009.10.09

Last year was the first year since two thousand four that Hawaii has had fewer than seven million visitors.

VOA: special.2009.03.02

He had more money than he needed and it was burning a hole in his pocket so he spent it quickly.

VOA: special.2009.10.04

In two thousand six, the United States had lower scores in mathematics than twenty-three of the other twenty-nine OECD countries.

VOA: special.2009.07.30

They showed that patients who received deep brain stimulation had better control of their symptoms than those who only took medicine.

VOA: special.2009.02.03

As both the North and South were learning quickly, the Civil War was becoming more costly than anyone had imagined.

VOA: special.2009.09.17

As of last weekend, the movie had earned more than three hundred thirty-four million dollars in ticket sales.

VOA: special.2009.06.12

As of Tuesday, seventy-three countries had reported more than twenty-six thousand cases of the new H1N1 flu virus.

VOA: special.2009.06.10

He found that more than half had skin cancer on the left side of their face or body.

VOA: special.2010.07.06

These were people under the age of sixty and those who had smoked for less than twenty years.

VOA: special.2009.06.23

They would have to pay back loans with dollars that were more valuable than those they had borrowed.

VOA: special.2010.06.17

By the time of her death in nineteen seventy-six, the yard had more than three hundred statues of animals and imaginary creatures.

VOA: special.2010.04.14