It is usually much better to prevent a problem from happening than it is to find ways to solve it.

VOA: special.2009.08.30

Someone with his head in the clouds is a person whose mind is not on what is happening in real life.

VOA: special.2009.03.08

It was a place for people to sing about social injustices as well as what was happening on the streets.

VOA: special.2009.10.14

His name was never in the papers. But he's a human being, and a terrible thing is happening to him.

VOA: special.2009.11.29

It is still happening today. Small birds and animals still become trapped in the La Brea Tar Pits.

VOA: special.2010.04.07

It is that time of year again. Warm weather means outdoor music festivals and one of the biggest is happening right now.

VOA: special.2009.05.01

Bio-markers help researchers know what is happening in the bodies of people with a disease or medical condition.

VOA: special.2011.08.02

Edgar Allan Poe did something unusual for writers of his time: he used a narrator in a story to describe what was happening.

VOA: special.2009.02.02

represented a time of promise. "This could not be happening" was the sentiment expressed as a growing crowd gathered around that black-and-white TV set.

VOA: special.2009.08.16

This means to be interested in what is happening around you and what people are thinking.

VOA: special.2009.09.13

She loved finding interesting ways to use words to express what was happening in the world.

VOA: special.2010.04.18

It permitted them to sit at home and hear what was happening in other areas.

VOA: special.2010.01.31

And scientists had not expected such a large earthquake happening off the coast of Japan.

VOA: special.2011.03.21

But the man who was closest to what was happening, Michael Collins, could only listen.

VOA: special.2009.07.15