As first the U.S.and then the world economy slipped into recession, several efforts to unlock credit have failed.

VOA: standard.2009.03.24

In two thousand seven, the Food and Drug Administration approved Lyrica as the first drug specifically for the disease.

VOA: special.2011.08.02

Nelson Jackson and his friend, Sewall Crocker, were honored as the first to cross the United States in an automobile.

VOA: special.2010.01.11

He was honored first as a member of the Yardbirds, then with Cream, then as a solo performer in two thousand.

VOA: special.2009.10.19

Woodstock is described as a moment when the news media first recognized music and entertainment as a cultural and commercial force.

VOA: special.2009.08.10

However,very few are as famous and successful as Hollywood's first motion picture businessmen, Cecil B.DeMille,Samuel Goldwyn and Louis Mayer.

VOA: special.2009.05.31

Mattel agreed to change it. That was back in nineteen ninety-two, the same year as the first Barbie for President doll.

VOA: special.2009.04.06

But close to five hundred million confirmed cases were reported to the World Health Organization as of November first.

VOA: special.2009.11.24

You might have to stay away from low-lying areas for as long as twenty hours after the first warning.

VOA: special.2011.06.07

Last year,the top news story was the election of Barack Obama as the first African-American president of the United States.

VOA: special.2010.01.02

A model fort is the only structure in the park built in the exact place as the first building.

VOA: special.2009.08.17

Everything worked as planned. Everyone expected the third moon-landing flight, Apollo Thirteen, would go as well as the first two.

VOA: special.2009.07.22

But close to half a million confirmed cases were reported to the World Health Organization as of November first.

VOA: special.2009.11.11

Four years later, North Carolina State University hired her as the school's first full-time women's basketball coach and athletics coordinator.

VOA: special.2009.03.29