But he was happy it did. Now he had time to prepare his men for battle.

VOA: special.2009.10.15

But one large group of soldiers did not get into the battle at all that day.

VOA: special.2009.09.24

They battle and survive a Mississippi flood for the reward of returning to state prison as the tall man did in the story "Old Man."

VOA: special.2010.01.10

Finally,it did. And the smoke of battle began to clear.

VOA: special.2009.11.05

They were not expected to agree to plow more money into their own economies to battle the financial crisis - and they did not.

VOA: standard.2009.03.20

In its 1973 "Roe versus Wade" decision, the U.S.Supreme Court ruled that individual states may not ban abortion, but it did not end the political battle over the issue.

VOA: standard.2009.05.17