These spires were considered an architectural part of the building, so their length was included in the building's height measurement.

VOA: special.2010.03.31

Researchers at the University of Cambridge in England, for example,just tied finger length to success in financial trading.

VOA: special.2009.02.25

The Doppler effect explains changes in the length of light waves or sound waves as they move toward you or away from you.

VOA: special.2009.04.29

With Vicksburg in Union hands, the North could control the whole length of the river.

VOA: special.2009.11.19

The first full-length performance was in nineteen forty-four by the San Francisco Ballet.

VOA: special.2010.12.22

How quickly this can happen depends on the length of time a person is breathing the gas and the amount of the gas he or she breathes in.

VOA: special.2010.02.02

"Squaw Man" was one of the first full-length movies produced in Hollywood.

VOA: special.2009.05.31

Is there meaning in the length of a finger?

VOA: special.2009.02.25

He likes to be in situations where he can talk at length about what the parts are of an issue."

VOA: standard.2010.01.16

Seki's 442nd Regimental Combat Team became the most decorated unit in US military history for its size and length of service.

VOA: standard.2009.11.04

Former Vice President Dick Cheney spoke at length on the subject at a Washington forum in May.

VOA: standard.2009.08.24

In terms of the time length, I think you are looking at months, not weeks."

VOA: standard.2010.03.12

Barro said President Obama spoke at length about the death toll from the September 11 terrorist attacks in New York and Washington but failed to address how many people have been killed by U.S.troops in Iraq.

VOA: standard.2009.06.04

That's an excellent question, especially looking into factors that affect the return-generating process in the stock market-in other words, factors that affect the stock prices in a conventional sense: Market liquidity, length of the daily fasting period, especially contrasting summer months with winter months when Ramadan coincides with one versus the other, with the length of day being really longer during summer months.

VOA: standard.2010.08.05