She has since become a fierce supporter of literary freedom and is part of several organizations that fight censorship.

VOA: special.2009.10.12

Since ancient times, thinkers including the Greek astronomer Ptolemy believed in the existence of a huge continent on the South Pole.

VOA: special.2009.06.03

Major banks have been doing well since the worst of the financial crisis shook Wall Street more than a year ago.

VOA: special.2009.12.18

And,he says the subject of oceans interests him especially because he has been scuba diving since he was a child.

VOA: special.2009.03.25

It has been more than two years since he has been to a hospital emergency room because of asthma.

VOA: special.2009.07.28

A lot of people feel uneasy about spending after the longest recession since World War Two.

VOA: special.2009.08.21

Artists and twin brothers Doug and Mike Starn and a team of rock climbers have been building a work called "Big Bambu" since April.

VOA: special.2010.08.13

Since the emergency landing of flight fifteen forty-nine, special radars have received a lot of attention.

VOA: special.2009.04.01

Since the late eighteen hundreds, a spirit of reform had been growing in the United States.

VOA: special.2010.08.05

Two summers had gone by since the start of the American Civil War, and the North had not yet won a major battle in Virginia.

VOA: special.2009.09.24

As a result, few new cases of type two have been reported since nineteen ninety-nine.

VOA: special.2010.01.18

It also predicts for this year the biggest deficit, as a share of the economy, since World War Two: one trillion seven hundred fifty billion dollars.

VOA: special.2009.02.27

Markets have eased since Monday's announcement of a nearly one trillion dollar rescue plan.

VOA: special.2010.05.14

After the mayor's death, a mob went to the hotel where one of Brown's men had been held since he was seized earlier in the day.

VOA: special.2009.06.25