The Senate confirmed him in May. Formerly,he was the police chief in Seattle,Washington, in the Pacific Northwest.

VOA: special.2010.10.11

She was talking about the Willis Tower, formerly known as the Sears Tower in Chicago,Illinois.

VOA: special.2010.07.30

The report appears in BMJ, formerly the British Medical Journal.

VOA: special.2010.08.11

Al-Qaida in the Islamic Maghreb is a Sunni organization which was formerly known as the Salafist Group for Preaching and Combat.

VOA: standard.2009.12.09

He was formerly as the Secretary of the Navy and served as a Marine in Vietnam.

VOA: standard.2009.08.14

"And although the rock itself very occasionally contains asbestos, which formerly was mined commercially in California,the fact is, the rock still remains interesting and pretty.

VOA: standard.2010.07.26

In an off-year election seen by some political pundits as a measure of support for President Barak Obama's popularity after his first year in office, the opposition Republicans have picked up the state house in two formerly Democratic states.

VOA: standard.2009.11.03