This year,most performances took place in the center of Washington in a group of old buildings that used to be businesses.

VOA: special.2009.08.05

It used to be that players in professional sports could change teams only if they were traded, sold or released.

VOA: special.2010.07.26

He said these men would be used to get control of forts and other federal property seized from the Union.

VOA: special.2009.08.13

This is shown in the fact that the most popular baby names are not as popular as they used to be.

VOA: special.2009.07.06

This year there are some two-hour plays. There used to be just an hour play and a lot of monologues."

VOA: special.2009.08.05

The new launch vehicle would be used to carry the supplies and equipment needed to explore space beyond the moon.

VOA: special.2010.04.28

He thought their ideas about nonviolence and disobedience could be used together to win equal rights for black Americans.

VOA: special.2011.01.17

Green bush beans used to be called string beans because of fibers along the pods containing the seeds.

VOA: special.2009.03.24

There were some who thought the earlier Missouri Compromise could be used to settle the issue of slavery in California,Oregon,and New Mexico.

VOA: special.2009.02.26

This becomes a sheet of paper. Large machines started to be used for making paper near the end of the sixteenth century.

VOA: special.2009.07.06

This method might be used to help engineer food crops that are resistant to extremely dry conditions.

VOA: special.2010.01.26

Rigo Estrada says he used to be the kind of person who threw trash on the street.

VOA: special.2011.05.12

Large machines started to be used for making paper near the end of the 16th century.

VOA: special.2009.01.26

For example, working women used to be shown mostly as nurses or teachers, because those were the jobs that many held in real life.

VOA: special.2009.05.04