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VOA: special.2009.10.16

In New York, I would be able to buy excellent microscopes and meet scientists from all over the world.

VOA: special.2009.07.18

He proposed a new civil service system that would let ability -- not politics -- decide who got government jobs.

VOA: special.2010.04.29

The government gave a patent to Edward J.Claghorn of New York City so that others would not copy his invention.

VOA: special.2010.02.09

The Treasury Department would buy the silver with new paper money that could be exchanged for silver or gold.

VOA: special.2010.06.17

Engineers thought the new nuclear submarine would be able to stay under water for two weeks or more.

VOA: special.2010.06.11

So,Republican Congressman William McKinley of Ohio proposed a new tariff bill -- one that would raise import taxes higher than ever before.

VOA: special.2010.06.03

He said it would be best to let the people themselves decide if New Mexico would be a slave or free state.

VOA: special.2009.03.12

They said the new state governments of the South would not treat blacks as free and equal citizens.

VOA: special.2010.01.21

I thought the heart must burst. And now a new fear seized me -- the sound would be heard by a neighbor!

VOA: special.2009.05.16

It was amended. The new bill would simply close all places in the District of Columbia where slaves were bought and sold.

VOA: special.2009.03.12

He would ask the New York legislature to show its support by electing him again to the Senate.

VOA: special.2010.04.22

Most important,the leaders of the new system would be chosen by the government-- not by private business.

VOA: special.2010.09.23

The new president believed it would be easier to get statehood for California and New Mexico than to create territorial governments for them.

VOA: special.2009.03.12