But despite that, he said 2009 will not be a good year.

VOA: standard.2009.04.16

After a year at Sanderson Academy, Mary decided that her handwriting was not good enough to be read clearly.

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"The good news is, the bulbs will figure it out." Do not use fertilizer for the first year.

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The next year, the readers of Good Housekeeping magazine voted Anne Morrow Lindbergh one of the ten women in the world they liked the most.

VOA: special.2009.06.28

He was seventy-three. During his fifty-year career, he made many music fans feel good.

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Not good,as Alaska heads toward its busiest time of year, the summer vacation season.

VOA: special.2009.03.02

Today,a fifty-year-old Barbie in good condition might cost more than twenty-seven thousand dollars.

VOA: special.2009.04.06

We wish you all happiness and good fortune in the New Year, and hope will join us again next time for THIS IS AMERICA in VOA Special English.

VOA: special.2009.12.28

Eating it at the New Year is thought to bring good luck.

VOA: special.2009.12.28

The twenty-five year old man was tall and good-looking.

VOA: special.2009.06.28

Eighty-six-year-old Mary Holt finds it good for her soul.

VOA: special.2010.07.16

And so,to the Germans of Pennsylvania, Saint Nicholas or Pelznickel was a man dressed in fur who came once a year with gifts for good children.Soon, people began to feel that the love and kindness Pelznickel brought should be part of a celebration honoring the Christkindl, as the Germans called the Christ child.

VOA: special.2009.12.20

It's a good thing Nathan Gelder knew the universal sign for choking when he was having lunch last year with his friend Kaiden Condos.

VOA: standard.2010.02.23

Year after year,after year, after year of work. So that's what get me so good,".

VOA: standard.2009.08.21

and families visited temples to pray for good fortune in the year ahead.

VOA: standard.2010.02.14

First the good news: after contracting slightly in 2009, global economic output is expected to grow more than 4 percent this year, according to the International Monetary Fund.

VOA: standard.2010.04.21

"And although we have green shoots and for the moment the news is good, I think we could have challenges as we get to the end of the year.

VOA: standard.2009.08.05

His first full World Cup that year was not as good.

VOA: standard.2010.02.09

(Voice) But Kumar is determined to give a good education to his three-year-old son, so that when he grows up, he can live in a bigger house, and afford a car.

VOA: standard.2009.11.27

Egyptian journalist George Riad says South Africa's good showing as host at the Confederations Cup earlier this year and ample infrastructure in South Africa make the country a good bet to hold an excellent tournament.

VOA: standard.2009.10.12