Michael Johnston is twenty-seven. He was first deployed to Iraq in two thousand three at the beginning of Operation Iraqi Freedom.

VOA: special.2011.07.08

He began to turn over in the air when his chute opened, and there were problems with the lines at first.

VOA: special.2009.11.24

But she is waiting to hear from two other schools, including her first choice, the University of California at Berkeley.

VOA: special.2010.04.05

In climates where temperatures fall below freezing, plant mums at least six weeks before the first frost is expected.

VOA: special.2010.06.29

The group is supposed to reach a compromise acceptable to at least fourteen of the eighteen members by December first.

VOA: special.2010.11.19

John Hope Franklin studied first at Fisk University then at Harvard University, where he earned master's and doctorate degrees.

VOA: special.2009.12.27

In April,after the first cases in the United States, officials told schools to close at the first sign of an H1N1 outbreak.

VOA: special.2009.08.05

Students who live away from their families are generally housed in dormitories at least for their first year.

VOA: special.2009.08.07

Next week,Japanese Prime Minister Taro Aso is to become the first foreign leader to visit the new president at the White House.

VOA: special.2009.02.21

President Obama took the oath of office in January on the Bible that Abraham Lincoln owned and used at his first inauguration.

VOA: special.2009.07.24

He will place his hand on the same Bible that Lincoln used at his first inauguration in 1861.

VOA: special.2009.01.19

Charlie White and Meryl Davis are competing for the United States at the Olympics for the first time.

VOA: special.2010.02.10

He was not always a clergyman. During the first half of his life he was a teacher in the military school at Woolwich.

VOA: special.2011.03.26

Mattel sold three hundred thousand Barbie dolls in the first year at a price of three dollars.

VOA: special.2009.04.06