When my mother and grandmother told the story of our births, it was mostly of how Caroline had refused to breathe.

VOA: special.2009.02.14

It was a party of protest, formed by men who refused to support either of the two old parties.

VOA: special.2010.06.03

"It was the genius of my teacher, her sympathy,her love which made my first years of education so beautiful.

VOA: special.2009.11.15

in nineteen thirty-five. It was a study of the lives of three New Guinea tribes from infancy to adulthood.

VOA: special.2010.01.17

That was not a real railroad. It was an organization of people who secretly helped slaves escape to the North.

VOA: special.2009.04.16

It was a list of what he considers the worst practices in the use of information and communication technologies in education.

VOA: special.2010.09.20

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

It was the last of one hundred thirty five flights for the world's first reusable space vehicle design.

VOA: special.2011.07.27

It was the first of more than twelve top hits for Little Richard over the next three years.

VOA: special.2010.07.09

It was one of eleven scientific devices carried by the Chandrayaan-One spacecraft of the Indian Space Research Organization.

VOA: special.2009.12.30

In the early years of the United States, it was the western part of the state of Virginia.

VOA: special.2009.07.20

One northerner wrote: "It was said hundreds of years ago that a house divided against itself cannot stand.

VOA: special.2009.04.16

He said it was an administration of enemies of the Union who used the president's name and power for their own purposes.

VOA: special.2009.04.16

Yet it was the work of naturalist Alfred Russel Wallace that pushed Darwin to finally release his theory.

VOA: special.2009.12.01