Some may have been trying to get permits approved before building codes changed this month in California, Pennsylvania and New York.

VOA: special.2011.01.24

Until 7 years ago, Mr. Badt worked as a chef in fine restaurants in Washington and New York City.

VOA: special.2009.01.28

It gave the United States nearly all of what is today the states of California, Nevada,Utah,Arizona,Colorado and New Mexico.

VOA: special.2009.03.30

He said the first great fact was that laws were not necessary to keep slavery out of California and New Mexico.

VOA: special.2009.03.19

He said he would not have the future citizens of California and New Mexico blaming Henry Clay for slavery there.

VOA: special.2009.03.19

The museum is the only permanent exhibit organized by the Smithsonian Institution outside Washington,D.C., and New York City.

VOA: special.2010.05.12

Yet,he said,the unevenness shows that Faulkner was willing to take risks, to explore new material, and new ways to talk about it.

VOA: special.2010.01.10

The W.H.O.says counterfeits represents less than one percent of the illegal drug market in countries like the United States, Canada,Japan,and New Zealand.

VOA: special.2010.02.22

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

True,they said, the compromise gave the people of Utah and New Mexico the right to decide about slavery.

VOA: special.2009.04.23

Soon after his building was finished, builders in Chicago and New York City began copying and improving on the idea of building up.

VOA: special.2010.03.31

The new president believed it would be easier to get statehood for California and New Mexico than to create territorial governments for them.

VOA: special.2009.03.12

Frank Oteri says the Internet and new technologies have increased the competition for people's attention and money.

VOA: special.2010.07.19

And new for two thousand six was a ceremony held on the grounds of the Washington Monument.

VOA: special.2009.05.25