She never forgot these days. Later in life, she wrote: "No deaf child can ever forget the excitement of his first word.

VOA: special.2009.11.08

During the first half of the nineteenth century, leaders of the United States could find no answer to the question of slavery.

VOA: special.2009.03.26

Girls are advised to begin testing within three years of when they first have sex, or in any case no later than twenty-one.

VOA: special.2009.11.25

Experts say one of the reasons the gunfight is so interesting to many people is that no one knows who shot first or why.

VOA: special.2010.02.15

Doctor Alexander Tiendrebeogo from the World Health Organization says the disease causes no pain at first.

VOA: special.2009.04.06

There would be no Protestant justices for the first time in the Supreme Court's history.

VOA: special.2010.05.15

Of course,with signers,their first language has no written system at all, just hand gestures.

VOA: special.2011.04.13

For a choking victim who is unconscious with no heartbeat, clear the airway first.

VOA: special.2009.08.11

Well,at least you worked your way up." ALLEN: "No,we played the Palace first."

VOA: special.2009.03.09

When she was only twelve years old, Mary became the first person to find the almost complete skeletons of several animals that no longer existed on Earth.

VOA: special.2009.05.13

It is also no accident that this play about a Scottish king was written a few years after James the First became King of England in sixteen-oh-three.

VOA: special.2010.01.13

She said she no longer had to be a "first" to anybody.

VOA: special.2010.05.23

At first,there were no roads that would permit a horse and wagon.

VOA: special.2009.02.04

Experts say after the first treatment, patients can no longer infect others.

VOA: special.2009.10.14