More recently, Marco Polo and Christopher Columbus discovered new lands while seeking to expand trade with spice-growing areas in Asia.

VOA: special.2009.05.19

At the end of March, President Obama called for the United States to expand its offshore oil and gas exploration.

VOA: special.2010.05.01

He says the group used a million-and-a-half-dollar donation from the Nike Foundation to expand the program to cricket players in India.

VOA: special.2010.07.15

The proposed law aims to expand community-based services for those who want to receive long-term care at home.

VOA: special.2009.08.15

Elyn Saks is a legal expert who works to expand the rights of people with severe mental illness.

VOA: special.2009.10.02

Now,the nonprofit Global Alliance for Livestock Veterinary Medicines is trying to expand production and lower the cost.

VOA: special.2009.11.03

She started her own non-governmental organization to expand her environmental management programs to other areas of Indonesia.

VOA: special.2009.04.27

Asthma happens when tissue that lines the airways to the lungs begins to expand or swell.

VOA: special.2009.07.28

President Obama wants to expand health coverage to all Americans and, at the same time,control costs.

VOA: special.2009.07.25

The Obama administration plans to expand the program to twelve countries within the next two years.

VOA: special.2010.05.10

So did storekeepers,hotel workers,lawyers, blacksmiths -- all the people needed to expand the young nation.

VOA: special.2009.03.30

Officials said the competition was designed to expand the discussion of democracy around the world.

VOA: special.2009.10.02

And she says the foundation is hoping to find support to expand the program internationally.

VOA: special.2010.04.30

Two goals are to expand health insurance to millions of Americans who do not have it, and to control rising costs for those who do.

VOA: special.2009.08.14