He said the eighteen twenty compromise worked -- not because Congress passed it -- but because the states agreed to it.

VOA: special.2009.03.26

Slowly and surely I started learning and eventually it got into my blood, and I just got devoted to it."

VOA: special.2009.08.19

In every state, the Democrats were divided between those who supported the administration and those opposed to it.

VOA: special.2009.03.05

What remains unclear is how far this can go before the government reacts to it as a threat.

VOA: special.2010.06.18

The go-between sees to it that money is passed - often illegally - from one person to another.

VOA: special.2009.01.25

He says his message is that you can do anything if you put your mind to it.

VOA: special.2010.02.26

We are going to the Ferry." A wagon was brought out and a horse tied to it.

VOA: special.2009.06.18

We're going to go right up to it, then we will go over to where the new pumps have been built and the floodgates."

VOA: special.2010.01.22

Its goal is to care for and protect the Hudson River and waters linked to it.

VOA: special.2009.05.22

He noted that a baked potato is not high in fat, but it becomes fatty when people add sour cream and butter to it.

VOA: special.2011.07.05

War Secretary Stanton and the other members of the cabinet were violently opposed to it.

VOA: special.2010.01.14

We could tell them do not cross that bridge until you come to it.

VOA: special.2009.08.30

You can also perform a test. Take some of the material and add enough water to it to make it seem like you are making bread.

VOA: special.2009.09.14

I am driven to it. There is no other way out of our troubles.

VOA: special.2009.10.08