After his son's death, Lincoln decided that one of his purposes was to be an emancipator -- to begin the process of freeing the slaves.

VOA: special.2009.02.09

Hopefully,in September or October we might be able to begin either a GED program for you, connecting you then with a college, with a transition program for career pathways."

VOA: special.2009.08.20

There was something else that was worrying Oive, and she did not know just how to begin to talk about it At last,she spoke out, not sure what Nate's answer would be.

VOA: special.2010.01.09

But she pointed to a bleak economic picture, saying recovery - when it does begin - will be slow.

VOA: standard.2009.03.10

He says every effort must be made to begin a process of healing and national reconciliation.

VOA: standard.2009.05.19

By 2016,governments would be required to stabilize or begin reducing the percentage of their debt as measured against total gross domestic product, the value of all goods and services produced in a given country.

VOA: standard.2010.06.27

"That will be restored over the next few weeks months as the policy efforts that have been put in place begin to take effect and people really see that it makes a difference.

VOA: standard.2009.03.10

"Additional forces will begin to deploy shortly,". "And by this time next year, new security gains will be illuminated by specific indicators and it will be clear to us that the insurgency has lost the momentum.

VOA: standard.2009.12.09

He also offered some tough talk. "I emphasized that this has to be a point in time in which we begin to write a new chapter based on improved governance, a much more serious effort to eradicate corruption, joint efforts to accelerate the training of Afghan security forces so that the Afghan people can provide for their own security,".

VOA: standard.2009.11.02