Barack Obama has spoken repeatedly of Lincoln's influence in making it possible for the country to have its first African-American president.

VOA: special.2009.02.09

Kirsten Kennedy,housing director at the University of South Carolina in Columbia,says all first-year undergraduates there have to live in a dorm.

VOA: special.2009.03.26

Well,experts say the expression appears to have been first used in the United States more than one hundred years ago.

VOA: special.2010.01.17

Those five plus Germany have been preparing to meet with Iranian negotiators on October first to discuss Iran's nuclear program.

VOA: special.2009.09.26

Many people think that the Industrial Revolution was the first time people began to have a major effect on the earth's ecology.

VOA: special.2011.04.26

But traditional guidelines say not to use tPA if more than three hours have passed after the first signs of a stroke.

VOA: special.2009.08.12

You can make your own chances. But first you have to know what you are after,my dear."

VOA: special.2009.02.14

Historians say the Italian scientist and mathematician may not have been the first to get a good look at the moon and planets.

VOA: special.2009.10.27

This is the first time scientists have successfully passed on a foreign gene to a future generation.

VOA: special.2009.06.23

He is the first living American Indian artist to have a solo show at this museum.

VOA: special.2009.11.13

He did not have much luck,though, the first time he went up to dunk the ball.

VOA: special.2010.07.05

He was the first black newspaper columnist to have his work appear in major newspapers.

VOA: special.2009.11.01

But to finish college, children first have to reach the starting line by getting there.

VOA: special.2009.09.10

It advises girls to delay their first pregnancy until their bodies have fully developed.

VOA: special.2010.08.09