He said the first great fact was that laws were not necessary to keep slavery out of California and New Mexico.

VOA: special.2009.03.19

He said he would get it, but first he wanted to know how big she thought the moon was.

VOA: special.2009.03.28

First,they said, he could not be guilty of treason against Virginia, because he was not a citizen of Virginia.

VOA: special.2009.07.02

"I am not the first president to take up this cause," he said "but I am determined to be the last."

VOA: special.2009.09.12

He said they would rise up at the first sign of a leader who wished to break their chains.

VOA: special.2009.06.18

But the deputy prime minister said al-Qaida first recruited the young man in Britain when he was a student in London.

VOA: special.2010.01.09

Hillary said his first reaction on reaching the summit was a happy feeling that he had "no more steps to cut."

VOA: special.2010.06.30

Lena Horne later said that she first became involved with Lennie Hayton because she thought he could be useful to her career.

VOA: special.2010.05.23

First reports said he had a heart attack, but later tests showed many drugs in his body.

VOA: special.2010.04.04

He said that the First Amendment works by "building a wall of separation between church and state."

VOA: special.2009.05.22

A writer for the magazine "American Speech" said he first saw the expression used in nineteen seventy-one.

VOA: special.2010.05.16

And,he said that the first Americans would not be forgotten as long as he is president.

VOA: special.2009.11.13

He said the first sounds he could remember as a child were those of the Army: the sounds of horns, drums and soldiers marching.

VOA: special.2009.05.24

"I am happy." he said, "that I was the first one to open the door -- to let everyone know we could all do it."

VOA: special.2010.03.07

He said at first he just thought the idea of Pedal People was really cool.

VOA: special.2009.12.04

He said for the first time, the rate of deforestation has decreased around the world.

VOA: special.2010.04.06

But Lincoln said he would not sign the proclamation until the first day of eighteen-sixty-three.

VOA: special.2009.10.08

He said his ideas about how parents should act were first formed because of her.

VOA: special.2009.03.15

They said he put the first letters of his names -- O and K -- on each object people gave him to send on the train.

VOA: special.2010.02.28

He said it represents the first time an investigational H.I.V.

VOA: special.2009.10.13

Seymour,at first, said he could not accept the honor.

VOA: special.2010.02.11

He said this is not the first time Iran has tried to hide its nuclear activities from the world.

VOA: standard.2009.09.25

Barack Obama said he came to Turkey at the end of his first overseas trip as president for a reason.

VOA: standard.2009.04.06

Abdullah said he withdrew because he believed the voter fraud that marred the first round of voting was likely to re-occur.

VOA: standard.2009.11.02

Mr.Obama was asked what he said to the fiery critic of the United States during their first handshake.

VOA: standard.2009.04.18

Muntazer al-Zaidi said he was whipped,beaten and subjected to electric shocks during his first days in Iraqi custody.

VOA: standard.2009.09.15