This area is between two streets named for states in New England: Massachusetts Avenue and Connecticut Avenue.

VOA: special.2009.09.21

He had heard Lincoln say that he wanted to make it easy for the southern states to return to the Union.

VOA: special.2010.01.14

Doctor Selanikio says he first recognized a need when he worked for the United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

VOA: special.2010.05.03

Central Park was a huge success and helped create a movement across the United States for creating public gardens.

VOA: special.2009.10.30

They refused to trust even Japanese-American families who had lived in the United States for more than a century.

VOA: special.2011.06.30

They also said it was a bad idea for the United States to take control of any nation in the Caribbean.

VOA: special.2010.02.18

At the end of March, President Obama called for the United States to expand its offshore oil and gas exploration.

VOA: special.2010.05.01

It began as part of the effort for the United States to hold the nineteen ninety-four World Cup competition.

VOA: special.2010.06.02

To create his book, Frank traveled across more than thirty American states for nine months starting in nineteen fifty-six.

VOA: special.2009.03.23

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

VOA: special.2010.02.10

The Colorado River flows through, or provides water for, the states of Wyoming, Colorado,Utah,New Mexico,Arizona, Nevada and California.

VOA: special.2009.08.12

The system helped cause the South to be the poorest part of the United States for many years.

VOA: special.2010.02.04

This process involves several tests before a person can receive a visa to stay in the United States for the training period.

VOA: special.2009.06.02

NOAA's National Weather Service center in Palmer,Alaska supervises a warning station for the United States mainland and Canada.

VOA: special.2009.03.17