California's finances have become so bad, this month the state began to buy goods and services with promises to pay later.

VOA: special.2009.07.31

In the nineteen sixties, she began to sing more modern songs such as those written by the Beatles and Burt Bacharach.

VOA: special.2010.07.04

Soon after the Civil War ended in eighteen sixty-five, thousands of Americans began to move west to settle the land.

VOA: special.2010.03.18

American workers then began to protest,as their jobs were filled by immigrants who were happy to work for less money.

VOA: special.2010.05.20

And I began to feel such pain again." Lena Horne had a rich, raw,deep voice that was famous for blues singing.

VOA: special.2010.05.14

he whispered. He gave the remaining glass of whiskey to Henry just as the clock began to strike midnight.

VOA: special.2009.07.04

In nineteen twelve, he began to study a skin disease that was killing thousands of people in the South.

VOA: special.2011.05.31

Soon,people began to use the word hedging to describe steps that could be taken to protect against financial loss.

VOA: special.2010.01.31

Then a sudden and violent wind began to shake the tree and its leaves kept coming down all around me.

VOA: special.2009.11.15

However,because Hank's songs told of real-life troubles with such great emotion, something unusual began to happen to his music.

VOA: special.2009.11.22

So he left Dodge City. Several weeks later, the people in Dodge City began to see something that frightened them.

VOA: special.2010.03.10

Working with researchers throughout the world, Borlaug began to offer his methods in areas where people were threatened with starvation.

VOA: special.2009.11.10

After the prize was announced, people who lived in the area of factory began to buy more of the company's candy.

VOA: special.2009.03.29

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