He told his audience everything, beginning with his discovery of his wife's love affair with his business partner, and ending with his complaints about her expensive dinner parties.

VOA: special.2010.05.29

One day after Cuban President Raul Castro called for open dialogue with the United States, Mr.Obama had this to say: "The United States seeks a new beginning with Cuba.

VOA: standard.2009.04.17

He pioneered a new policy of South Korean reconciliation with the North, beginning with the historic Mr.Kim won the Nobel Peace Prize after that meeting - although the event was later tarnished by allegations South Korea paid the North half a billion dollars to hold the summit.

VOA: standard.2009.08.21

Mr. Obama says his team is beginning discussions with members of Congress about how to deal with the deficit and control federal spending.

VOA: special.2009.01.09

So I know.I saw the whole thing from the beginning, from the very day when the little boy here met with the accident."

VOA: special.2010.05.15

It was the beginning of a career with the company that lasted about forty years.

VOA: special.2010.02.09

Drug-related violence in Mexico has killed more than seven thousand people since the beginning of last year -- often with guns bought in the United States.

VOA: special.2009.04.18

"We weren't professionals in the beginning. They just took us in and we've gotten to watch not only what we have done with them but what they've done with a lot of other fabulous performers and musicians here on Maui.

VOA: special.2011.05.09

"One of the farmers we've been working with from the very beginning is a guy named Rusty Lee."

VOA: standard.2010.07.28

It was the mass-issuance of mortgages to consumers with poor credit ratings that led to a rash of mortgage defaults and home foreclosures beginning in late 2007.

VOA: standard.2009.10.01

"And we are going forward and we will come out at the end of October, beginning of November, with this new approach because something has to be changed."

VOA: standard.2010.06.29

Despite Pakistan's public objections, the United States has sharply increased the number of drone strikes in the last year, with more than 40 since the beginning of 2008.

VOA: standard.2009.05.12

"The American people are running out of patience, and with 114 members of the House voting this week against the war , Congress is beginning to catch up to the public."

VOA: standard.2010.07.30

Some farmers who are not in the program have begun adopting organic farming techniques in hopes of joining small organic cooperatives that are beginning to negotiate long-term contracts with European organic and fair-trade wholesalers.

VOA: standard.2010.04.11