He wrote: For want of a rider, the battle was lost For want of a battle, the kingdom was lost And all for the want of a horseshoe nail.

VOA: special.2009.11.01

And I knowed I could pray now. But I didn't do it straight off, but laid the paper down and set there thinking -- thinking how good it was all this happened so, and how near I come to being lost and going to hell.

VOA: special.2010.03.21

A staggering 8.4 million jobs have been lost and the unemployment rate remains near double digits.

VOA: standard.2010.03.16

But he missed from about two and a half meters, and then lost in a playoff to American Stewart Cink.

VOA: special.2009.08.01

But the costs were great. More than six hundred thousand men of the North and South lost their lives.

VOA: special.2010.01.14

General McChrystal lost his job over comments made to and in the presence of a reporter from Rolling Stone magazine.

VOA: special.2010.06.26

He found that conditions had become worse for many people who had lost their land and fled the Dust Bowl.

VOA: special.2010.06.13

He stared at the birthmark. And slowly,with every breath that came and went, it lost some of its brightness.

VOA: special.2009.09.26

Questions about Eleanor Dare and the other lost colonists continually bring historians and other researchers to Roanoke Island.

VOA: special.2009.08.17

The United States has lost more than three and a half million jobs since the recession began more than a year ago.

VOA: special.2009.02.28

India's camels have lost the use of some traditional grasslands and forests because of development and climate change.

VOA: special.2009.01.13

Professor Murray says many rural families have taken in relatives and friends who lost homes and jobs.

VOA: special.2010.04.13

However,many of Nashville's current country music performers lost instruments and equipment when a storage center was flooded.

VOA: special.2010.05.17

On the South Side of Chicago, I worked with families who had lost jobs and lost hope when the local steel plant closed.

VOA: special.2009.01.12