The first Academy Awards were presented in nineteen twenty-nine during a private dinner at the Roosevelt Hotel in Hollywood,California.

VOA: special.2009.02.20

He did so after witnessing the popularity of the activity himself during a trip to New Zealand in the nineteen sixties.

VOA: special.2011.06.28

People driving during a tornado are told to find low ground and lay flat,facedown, with their hands covering their head.

VOA: special.2011.04.19

Abraham Lincoln was the only president in American history to lead the nation during a civil war in the eighteen sixties.

VOA: special.2009.02.27

There is a risk that giving a patient a strong blood thinner during a stroke can cause bleeding inside the brain.

VOA: special.2009.09.22

The famous Finnish American building designer, Eero Saarinen,designed the Gateway Arch during a national competition in the late nineteen forties.

VOA: special.2009.03.04

Janai Nelson and Crystal Granderson-Reid thought of the idea for the dolls during a play date for their children.

VOA: special.2011.04.22

Researchers say villages where farmers planted trees did better than others during a drought and food shortage in two thousand five.

VOA: special.2011.05.10

They created more than fifteen thousand paintings and sculptures designed to lift the spirits of Americans during a difficult time.

VOA: special.2009.03.23

An official from the Boris Yeltsin Presidential Library presented the films to the Library of Congress during a ceremony in October.

VOA: special.2011.02.18

The researchers compared cotinine levels to behavioral problems that parents observed in the children during a 2-week period.

VOA: special.2009.01.13

Marley would attack the furniture,walls and doors until his feet bled if he was left alone in the house during a storm.

VOA: special.2009.02.23

The objects in the exhibit tell a story about government expansion during a difficult period in American history.

VOA: special.2009.01.02

And some have both. During a wedding, the couple might read special vows or promises that they have written for each other.

VOA: special.2010.08.09