It became the second of the big three American automakers to seek protection from its creditors while continuing operations.

VOA: special.2009.06.05

After several weeks, it became clear that the Senate would approve President Garfield's choice for the tax collector's job.

VOA: special.2010.04.22

I did not intend to fight unless it became necessary in self-defense and in the performance of official duty.

VOA: special.2010.02.15

After many years of gathering the necessary information, it became possible to learn longitude by observing the stars and the moon.

VOA: special.2010.07.14

It was one of the last films produced by Metro Pictures Corporation before it became part of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer,or MGM, in nineteen twenty-four.

VOA: special.2011.02.18

He says the earlier study gained so much recognition, it became -- in his words "fixed in many people's minds as true."

VOA: special.2009.06.24

It became very popular. One critic said it described the poetry of flight as no other book on flying had ever done.

VOA: special.2009.06.28

It became his theme song -- the song people think of when they think of Bob Hope.

VOA: special.2009.03.09

Two years ago, it became the first school in the country to join the Confucius Classroom program.

VOA: special.2010.02.04

In exchange for this,he said, the national government should agree to pay the public debts that Texas had when it became a state.

VOA: special.2009.03.19

Tom Daschle made the decision after it became widely reported that he had failed to pay over one hundred forty thousand dollars in taxes.

VOA: special.2009.02.06

It became a campaign song for Walter O'Brien, a Progressive Party candidate for mayor of Boston,Massachusetts.

VOA: special.2010.01.25

Cape May guides say it became popular to use white paint in the twentieth century.

VOA: special.2009.06.01

He said Congress had the right to govern such territory until it became a state.

VOA: special.2009.05.14