He was also influential in the founding of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, though he himself was white.

VOA: special.2010.01.07

He did not have much luck,though, the first time he went up to dunk the ball.

VOA: special.2010.07.05

He built a raft to take him across even though it took him an extra day.

VOA: special.2010.06.26

In one interview,though, he asked President John F.Kennedy about another conflict that was growing then.

VOA: special.2009.08.16

He did not want to hear Calvin's voice even though this was the last chance.

VOA: special.2009.03.07

He had suffered his first heart attack, even though he seemed in excellent physical condition.

VOA: special.2010.02.07

So he took his rope out though some say it was a huge rattlesnake and lassoed Sue to catch her and bring her down to Earth.

VOA: special.2009.11.28

He said to himself, "We are together even though we do not talk.

VOA: special.2009.03.07

He felt sorry for the varmint,though, and wrapped it around his arm.

VOA: special.2009.11.28

He is sending more troops for now,though.

VOA: special.2010.08.07

and the forces of nature. I dreaded that first robin so, But he is mastered now, And I'm accustomed to him grown-- He hurts a little though I dared not meet the daffodils, For fear their yellow gown Would pierce me with a fashion So foreign to my own.

VOA: special.2010.07.18

Haskins gives the president a "D" for his spending policies even though he admits it may have averted a bigger disaster.

VOA: standard.2010.01.15

So I never went back to workfor Lieutenant Dan, though he did take careof my Bubba Gump money.

VOA: standard.other

And even though he won at the national championships last year, the U.S.Ski and Snowboard Association decided not to fund him anymore.

VOA: standard.2010.02.26