He said the darkening of the Martian surface during some times of the year was caused by the growth of plants.

VOA: special.2010.07.11

Just before the first of the year, a congressman asked the president if he still planned to sign the Emancipation Proclamation.

VOA: special.2009.10.08

The report said the company was still in the red, but was able to cut its loss from the year before.

VOA: special.2009.04.26

In two thousand six, the year after Hurricane Katrina, the Saints returned to play at the repaired Superdome in New Orleans.

VOA: special.2010.02.05

His goal is to increase the percentage of college graduates from forty percent to sixty percent by the year twenty-twenty.

VOA: special.2010.08.12

The Federal Housing Finance Agency said home prices fell seven percent in the first three months of the year.

VOA: special.2009.05.29

The I.M.F.predicts developing economies will continue to grow for the year, but only by about one and one-half percent.

VOA: special.2009.04.24

If possible, in the year before you plant potatoes, plant a cover crop to improve the soil and the potato production.

VOA: special.2009.03.10

There should be some sense by the end of the year,he says, whether or not serious progress is being made.

VOA: special.2009.05.23

Most of the forty-five business economists questioned said they expect the recession to end in the second half of the year.

VOA: special.2009.05.29

The study found that families in seventeen million households had difficulty getting enough food at times during the year.

VOA: special.2009.11.23

In fact,Science magazine recognized the discovery of "genes for mental illness" as the number two "Breakthrough of the Year."

VOA: special.2009.06.24

She spends about three hundred days out of the year traveling around the world to discuss her many projects and goals.

VOA: special.2009.11.18

But the crop of foreign students in agriculture and natural resources was twenty percent bigger than the year before.

VOA: special.2009.05.07