But the recession which began at the end of two thousand seven has not hurt all fifty states equally.

VOA: special.2009.05.08

Her passion for the blues began at home, where she listened to records by Muddy Waters, Bessie Smith and Memphis Minnie on the radio.

VOA: standard.2009.06.18

"And almost 90 percent of smokers began at or before their 18th birthday."

VOA: standard.2009.06.22

Later,she began spending three months at a time with friends and relatives so she could attend other area schools.

VOA: special.2010.06.27

After a few minutes of this, she went to her place at the table and began to eat with her fingers.

VOA: special.2009.11.08

In eighteen sixty, at the age of seventeen, Mary began classes at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts.

VOA: special.2009.07.12

When Scott was about seven years old he began taking piano lessons with a music teacher at his school.

VOA: special.2010.01.24

In nineteen forty-seven, he began to direct the Institute of Advanced Studies at Princeton University on the East Coast.

VOA: special.2009.06.14

He began to turn over in the air when his chute opened, and there were problems with the lines at first.

VOA: special.2009.11.24

I could not take my eyes from it. I looked at the photograph for some hours and then began working."

VOA: special.2010.05.31

Researchers led by George Malone at the University of Delaware began dealing with the problem in two thousand.

VOA: special.2009.09.08

At sixteen,Lena began dancing and singing in the famous Cotton Club in the Harlem area of New York.

VOA: special.2010.05.14

At the same time, courts began to support students who were being punished for political and social dissent.

VOA: special.2009.07.09

He began as a juggler, someone who can keep several objects in the air at the same time.

VOA: special.2009.03.09

Since the demonstrations began in March, at least eighty-three people were killed and one thousand eight hundred wounded.

VOA: special.2010.05.22

Last month, American scientists began work on a project aimed at improving the ability to predict tornadoes.

VOA: special.2009.06.09

Stevie first sang in church. He was signed by Motown Records and began his recording career at age twelve as "little Stevie Wonder."

VOA: special.2009.03.13

Late in nineteen thirty-five, workers at several General Motors factories began a "sit-down" strike at their machines to demand better pay and working conditions.

VOA: special.2011.03.31

Mary began her first teaching job at a one-room local school teaching children for the summer.

VOA: special.2010.06.27

He began experimenting with light-emitting diodes, LEDs,at his laboratory at the University of Calgary in Alberta.

VOA: special.2009.12.21

In nineteen sixty-nine, scientists began digging at one area of La Brea called Pit Ninety-One.

VOA: special.2010.04.07