Smiley got him so the frog was catching flies, and he would catch one of those insects every time.

VOA: special.2009.08.29

By the time he returned to England in October of eighteen thirty-six, he was already a well known geologist and naturalist.

VOA: special.2009.02.25

For a time he was one of only three doctors,and the only surgeon, at a huge hospital in Kinshasa.

VOA: special.2009.02.23

He started to walk north. After a time, he arrived in the Bronx, the northern part of New York City.

VOA: special.2010.08.01

By the time John Henry was a young man, he was one of the best steel-drivers in the country.

VOA: special.2009.02.21

He told her his ideas about how species evolve over time -- what he called the transmutation of species.

VOA: special.2009.02.25

He wanted to recognize the people who have created what he called "the most popular music of our time."

VOA: special.2009.10.19

He set a time limit for withdrawal of most American troops from Iraq, while increasing the number of troops in Afghanistan.

VOA: special.2009.05.02

He died last year. By that time, hundreds of thousands of the filters were in use in developing countries.

VOA: special.2009.06.22

As a boy,Carl said he knew if it was time to go to school by the sound of a train.

VOA: special.2009.11.01

He says there has never been a richer time for so many musicians and so many kinds of new music.

VOA: special.2010.07.19

He began to work on one of his long-time dreams - opening a sports center for the young people of San Juan.

VOA: special.2010.04.11

By the time John was 30 years old, he had become one of the leaders of his town.

VOA: special.2010.06.26

And he was the first black director of the United States Information Agency which at the time supervised the Voice of America.

VOA: special.2009.11.01