It was like the day -- a hundred years later -- when the first American walked on the moon.

VOA: special.2010.02.25

Within a few years, he would be accepted into scientific organizations like the Geological Society and the Royal Society.

VOA: special.2009.02.25

But a few years later, the high sharp voice of Hank Williams would cut like a knife through the music world.

VOA: special.2009.11.22

A few years ago, the National Education Association asked teachers what they would most like to receive in appreciation of their efforts.

VOA: special.2010.04.30

Some festivals, like the one in Adelaide,Australia, are very large and have been going on for many years.

VOA: special.2009.08.05

Over the years, the Newport Jazz Festival presented greats like Miles Davis, Duke Ellington and Ella Fitzgerald.

VOA: special.2009.06.08

I was only 12, but I tried to sound like I had been doing this for years.

VOA: special.2010.01.30

His first years in the United States were difficult, like those of most immigrants at that time.

VOA: special.2010.08.01

Over the last five years, the city has reduced its public workforce and taken other steps like closing fire stations and swimming pools.

VOA: special.2009.07.13

From a cave room you can see far up and down the canyon and imagine what life was like there seven hundred years ago.

VOA: special.2010.07.05

On an average day, nearly everyone fifteen years of age and older took part in a non-work activity like watching television, socializing or exercising.

VOA: special.2011.07.22

Rosa is from a country where high school is five years, not four like in America.

VOA: special.2009.11.05

The Nuyorican Poets Caf looks and feels a lot like it did many years ago.

VOA: special.2009.04.27

Most agree it is ancient. Some experts say an instrument very much like a guitar was played in Egypt more than one thousand years ago.

VOA: special.2010.05.12