It was sung in the movie "Holiday Inn" in nineteen forty-two.

VOA: special.2009.12.20

In "Holiday Inn" he sang a new song by Irving Berlin.

VOA: special.2009.03.16

People observe the New Year's holiday in many different ways.

VOA: special.2009.01.01

International Women's Day is a public holiday in several countries.

VOA: special.2010.03.08

While the anniversary was an official holiday in South Ossetia and Abkhazia, it was a somber occasion in the Georgian capital Tbilisi.

VOA: standard.2009.08.26

Officials at the Chinese Foreign Ministry and at the North Korean embassy in Beijing could not be reached because of a holiday in China.

VOA: standard.2010.05.03

Returning from a month's holiday in Europe, President Abdoulaye Wade says he sympathizes with the suffering of those whose homes are flooded but says this year's rains are a mixed blessing as they will lead to bigger harvests that will make Senegal nearly food self-sufficient.

VOA: standard.2009.09.08

In the United States, holiday gift giving is important not only for the usual reasons, like showing friendship and love.

VOA: special.2009.12.21

For the next seventeen years, Holiday was one of the most popular nightclub singers in New York.

VOA: special.2010.02.28

In the early nineteen thirties, a music producer, John Hammond, heard Billie Holiday sing in a nightclub.

VOA: special.2011.07.17

It began to affect her health. In nineteen forty-seven, Billie Holiday was arrested for possessing illegal drugs.

VOA: special.2010.02.28

In the early nineteen thirties, a music producer,John Hammond, heard Billie Holiday sing in a nightclub.

VOA: special.2010.02.28

But the holiday began as a way to remember soldiers killed in the Civil War.

VOA: special.2009.05.25

December is a time of holiday gift-giving and strong business activity in many places.

VOA: special.2010.12.24

"Last year,one of our staff members actually brought his own guitar and amplifier and led us in several rounds of song, Christmas songs and holiday songs.

VOA: special.2010.12.20

But the United States has its workers holiday on the first Monday in September.

VOA: special.2009.09.07

It was introduced back in nineteen thirty-eight in the Broadway musical "Knickerbocker Holiday."

VOA: special.2009.11.09

This meant Holiday no longer could sing in nightclubs and jazz clubs.

VOA: special.2010.02.28

The holiday honors all those who have served in the armed forces.

VOA: special.2009.11.14

Billie Holiday was born Eleanora Fagan in nineteen fifteen in Baltimore,Maryland.

VOA: special.2010.02.28

During a holiday, she visited her sister in Toronto,Canada.

VOA: special.2010.05.26

The last Monday in May is a national holiday.

VOA: special.2009.05.25

And that is kind of the least of the shortcuts that we use." He says shortcuts like buying prepared foods for the holiday are part of a bigger trend in America.

VOA: special.2010.11.23

And once again, its about the journey. Its about locality. So we want people to pinpoint where they are now and to tell a story related to their own immigrant experience. One woman in Indianapolis,Indiana wrote about feeling very un-American while celebrating the Thanksgiving holiday with her parents.

VOA: special.2010.03.03

Tentatively,the two countries hope to hold a reunion in the beginning of October, when Koreans celebrate the thanksgiving holiday of Chuseok.

VOA: standard.2009.08.26

With schools closed for a holiday, some parents took the opportunity to teach their children a lesson in charity.

VOA: standard.2010.01.18

But analysts say the full picture will not be known until major retailers report holiday sales numbers in January.

VOA: standard.2009.12.28

Rudi Van Rooyen and Philippa Smit from South Africa decided to take a holiday this year in Florida.

VOA: standard.2010.05.04

It encourages volunteers to buy, wrap and deliver holiday gifts to needy elders in their community.

VOA: standard.2009.12.24