NASA warned the three astronauts inside about one hour before the object was to reach the area of the station.

VOA: special.2009.04.01

Many of the matches were fixed. The wrestlers knew before the match which one of them would be the winner.

VOA: special.2010.02.21

Decreases in barometric pressure two to three days before the visit also appeared to trigger headaches, but to a lesser extent.

VOA: special.2009.03.18

This week America's top military officer expressed support for the proposal at a hearing before the Senate Armed Services Committee.

VOA: special.2010.02.06

Spreading mulch before the ground has frozen may attract small animals searching for a warm place to spend the winter.

VOA: special.2009.06.30

The researcher said that before the body begins to freeze, cold can cause changes in brain chemistry which lead to hallucinations.

VOA: special.2010.02.24

Confederate President Jefferson Davis ordered his commander in Charleston, General Beauregard, to destroy the fort before the food could arrive.

VOA: special.2009.08.13

He fled with his mother on the last public flight out of the country before the overthrow of the government.

VOA: special.2009.03.20

So,a few months before the presidential election of eighteen ninety-two, America's agricultural Alliances held a joint convention in Omaha,Nebraska.

VOA: special.2010.06.10

The state is named after an American Indian tribe a recognition of the groups that came long before the Pilgrims.

VOA: special.2009.11.23

The nomination is expected to reach the full Senate for a vote before the Democratic-controlled Congress leaves for its August break.

VOA: special.2009.07.18

Before the American committee had a chance to meet, Britain and Venezuela agreed to let an international committee decide.

VOA: special.2010.07.08

"Ariela Bilbro," the Justice asked, "how much did you expect to be enough alimony in the case before the Court?"

VOA: special.2009.11.14

For each country, researchers estimated the probability that a fifteen-year-old today will die an early death before the age of sixty.

VOA: special.2010.05.05