So Missus Lincoln decided that the president's final resting place would be in the quiet, beautiful Oak Ridge Cemetery outside their home town of Springfield,Illinois.

VOA: special.2010.01.07

This was it. What could be an impossible effort in the history of spaceflight was ready to lift off on its final chance for success.

VOA: special.2009.07.01

The two weeks of talks in Bangkok will be followed by November talks in Barcelona before the final negotiations.

VOA: standard.2009.09.28

Water is one of the issues that are supposed to be dealt with in final status negotiations.

VOA: standard.2009.08.01

In the final hours of debate on the Senate bill, Republicans asserted it would be ineffective and add sharply to the U.S.budget deficit.

VOA: standard.2009.12.25

A final national result is expected to be officially announced in the capital Dublin on Saturday.

VOA: standard.2009.10.02

Passengers,who do not disembark in Brisbane, will be kept onboard until the cruise liner departs for Sydney, its final destination, where similar precautions will be put into place.

VOA: standard.2009.05.30

The final will be played on November 15 in Abuja.

VOA: standard.2009.11.05

Unidentified Obama administration officials on Wednesday were quoted as anticipating that negotiations on a final bill would not be complete until after the president's State of the Union Address in January, and could slip into February.

VOA: standard.2009.12.24

Obama administration officials have been quoted as saying they anticipate negotiations on a final bill would not be complete until after the president's State of the Union Address in January, and could slip even later into the new year.

VOA: standard.2009.12.25