The story moves back and forth in time, from different viewpoints.

VOA: special.2010.12.31

He began to read: (Music) "Four score and seven years ago, our fathers brought forth on this continent,a new nation, conceived in Liberty, and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal.

VOA: special.2009.11.12

Here is Christopher Cruise reading the Gettysburg Address: Four score and seven years ago our fathers brought forth on this continent, a new nation,conceived in liberty, and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal.

VOA: special.2011.02.07

"So most of the people are either living with their families or living in families and so forth."

VOA: standard.2009.10.06

The Obama administration says the United States will follow interrogation guidelines set forth in the U.S.Army Field Manual,which conform with U.S.and international law.

VOA: standard.2009.08.24

"We have no intention of abandoning our long-term mission of achieving the kind of Afghanistan that President Karzai set forth in his speech."

VOA: standard.2010.07.20

"So,this kind of cyclical problem of displacement is extremely unsettling for the population and limits the possibility for the population to reinvest in economic activities such as agriculture,commerce and so on and so forth,".

VOA: standard.2009.09.25

and Mexican officials. Every day, thousands of people on foot and in vehicles go back and forth across the border here, and millions of dollars worth of products cross the line in trucks and railroad cars.

VOA: standard.2009.04.30

The Saudis said they will not make concessions beyond a 2002 Arab plan put forth by King Abdullah which offered recognition in exchange for Israel's return of the occupied territories and allowance of a Palestinian state.

VOA: standard.2010.06.29

"Manifest destiny,and so forth. And I think most of the world probably feels it is in the same situation as Astrix and his village Gaullois in that we can identify with that sense of wanting to hold out and resist against the encroaching powers.

VOA: standard.2009.10.22