"In the Midnight Hour" became his first number one song.

VOA: special.2009.08.21

The first lady said the plan also includes increasing the number of high school students who take part in physical education classes.

VOA: special.2010.06.07

The World Food Program said last week that the number of hungry people will pass one billion this year for the first time in history.

VOA: special.2009.09.22

But first we answer a question about the strange American use of the number eighty-six.

VOA: special.2010.01.08

For the first time, scientists around the world had a limitless number of cells they could use to test the effects of diseases, medicines and chemicals.

VOA: special.2010.07.21

A separate report in December said the number of men and women dying of cancer in the United States had dropped for the first time on record.

VOA: special.2009.03.02

Their first single record reached number one in nineteen seventy.

VOA: special.2009.05.11

His fans are equally impressed with the album. First-week sales led to a Number One debut on Billboard's Country chart.

VOA: standard.2009.09.03

It says that for the first time, the number of children dying every year has fallen below 2.5 million children every year.

VOA: standard.2009.12.28

He also made NASA history, becoming the first orthopedic surgeon in space, conducting a number of medical experiments.

VOA: standard.2010.02.02

Mr.Obama says it is only the first of a number of meetings to address those issues.

VOA: standard.2009.11.05

The collection is his first to debut at Number One on the Billboard 200 chart.

VOA: standard.2009.04.19

First,the Labor Department reported a spike in the number of Americans filing for jobless benefits.

VOA: standard.2010.05.20

The number of international arrivals declined steadily over the first three quarters of 2009.

VOA: standard.2010.05.04