And,it was called The City of the Big Shoulders or City of Broad Shoulders because of its importance to the nation.

VOA: special.2010.01.10

Because of his disease, Lincoln joked to his doctor: "Good,now at last I have something I can give everyone."

VOA: special.2009.07.24

President Garfield had been assassinated by a man who believed he should have gotten a government job because of his politics.

VOA: special.2010.04.29

The band's lead singer Erika Lewis moved to New Orleans from New York state because of her love of music.

VOA: special.2010.01.22

In nineteen eighty-five, he led the congressional effort to order economic restrictions on South Africa because of its racial separation policy.

VOA: special.2009.09.13

Because of that experience, I will always remember that nice things still happen in a world that is driven by money.

VOA: special.2009.10.18

In nineteen eleven, the Supreme Court of the United States ruled against Standard Oil because of its illegal dealings.

VOA: special.2010.04.25

The vote was delayed in part because of the death of longtime Senator Robert Byrd, a Democrat from West Virginia.

VOA: special.2010.07.02

The name arose because many of the northerners who went south arrived with all their possessions in a carpet handbag.

VOA: special.2010.02.04

People can also be unable to perform the simple activities of daily living without assistance because of the severe myofascial pain.

VOA: special.2011.07.26

Jared Loughner withdrew from a local community college after being suspended last September because of fears about his behavior.

VOA: special.2011.01.15

Researcher Stephen Brusatte says scientists have believed that the physical qualities of Tyrannosaurus developed because of its large body.

VOA: special.2009.10.13

Pfizer withdrew Bextra from the market in two thousand five because of links to heart attacks and other problems.

VOA: special.2009.09.11

The patients had visited the emergency room at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in Boston,Massachusetts, because of a headache.

VOA: special.2009.03.18