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

They came down near Surveyor Three, an unmanned spacecraft that had landed on the moon two years before.

VOA: special.2009.07.29

And instead a little girl came along in December, oh,about a week before Christmas.

VOA: special.2009.12.21

Before then,most of the immigrants came from central and northern Europe.

VOA: special.2010.05.20

His statements came one day before Arab foreign ministers are set to meet in Cairo to decide whether to endorse face-to-face negotiations.

VOA: standard.2010.07.28

In practical terms,experts say, this will require the extensive upgrading of an aging infrastructure put in place before the ADA was came into being.

VOA: standard.2010.07.27

Her death,following surgery for a heart condition, came just weeks before Danny's 2008 "American Idol" audition.

VOA: standard.2010.07.29

The upsurge in violence came a day before the first anniversary of the Gaza War,in which more than 1,100 Palestinians and 13 Israelis were killed.

VOA: standard.2009.12.26

It is the site of what used to be his son's home before Israeli forces came here early one morning this week and demolished it.

VOA: standard.2009.04.09

Before the Convention on the Rights of the Child came into force in 1989, most of the world thought children should be seen and not heard.

VOA: standard.2009.10.08

The announcement Wednesday came just before the Muslim Eid al-Adha holiday.

VOA: standard.2009.11.30

And I think the reason it is considered a landmark conference is that quite a number of issues came to the fore, Controversy surrounded the Durban AIDS conference even before it opened.

VOA: standard.2010.05.17

And then he came home from his first tour and before he went up home to Davis,he came to dinner and my mom fixed a roast, prime rib and all that kind of stuff, and it was really nice.

VOA: standard.2010.05.31

The vote was seen as a major setback for Mr.Topolanek as it came just days before a planned visit by United States President Barack Obama and midway through the rotation of the Czech Republic's European Union presidency.

VOA: standard.2009.03.25