It ruled a wide-reaching empire. This week in our series, we look at how British power gave way to American influence after World War Two.

VOA: special.2011.08.04

But the good will and high hopes so evident in January quickly gave way to the realities of trying to achieve results in politically polarized Washington.

VOA: standard.2009.12.29

The way it filled up her worn money holder gave her a feeling of importance that she had not enjoyed for years.

VOA: special.2009.09.05

The campaign,he said, "gave me a hearing on the great question of the age, which I could have had in no other way.

VOA: special.2009.06.11

They did not like the way he gave orders to everyone.

VOA: special.2010.04.22