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

VOA: special.2009.06.18

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

In the nineteen forties, she was the first black woman to sign a long-term agreement with a major Hollywood movie studio.

VOA: special.2010.05.14

He paid record amounts to sign two of the first free agents: pitcher Catfish Hunter and hitter Reggie Jackson.

VOA: special.2010.07.26

Just before the first of the year, a congressman asked the president if he still planned to sign the Emancipation Proclamation.

VOA: special.2009.10.08

In the nineteen forties, Lena Horne was the first African-American in Hollywood to sign a long-term contract with a major movie studio.

VOA: special.2010.05.23

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

VOA: special.2009.10.08

Also left forever on the moon is a sign with these words: "Here men from the planet Earth first set foot on the Moon July,nineteen sixty-nine A.D.

VOA: special.2009.07.15

The sign said, "By Appointment to His Majesty, Emperor Norton the First."

VOA: special.2009.12.14