George Washington was the first president to place his hand on a Christian Bible when taking the oath of office.

VOA: special.2009.01.19

But the deeper his knife went, the deeper the small hand sank until it had caught hold of Georgiana's heart.

VOA: special.2009.09.26

But because his heart was full of Beatrice, Giovanni forgot about the pain in his hand.

VOA: special.2009.05.30

When the young man stepped in front of McKinley, McKinley reached out to shake his hand.

VOA: special.2010.07.29

Suddenly,he put his hand into the water and rubbed two of his fingers together, making a strange sound, exactly like the sound of a croaking frog.

VOA: special.2011.02.19

Tucker does all his work by hand, using only pictures of the buildings.

VOA: special.2010.07.30

But in the right to eat the bread that his own hand earns, he is my equal and the equal of Judge Douglas, and the equal of every living man."

VOA: special.2009.06.11

OSSIE DAVIS: "Baseball should be taken seriously by the colored player -- and in this effort of his great ability will open the avenue in the near future wherein he may walk hand in hand with the opposite race in the greatest of all American games -- baseball."

VOA: special.2009.04.05

Saudi Health Minister Abdullah al-Rabeeah urged the Arab press to inform the public about the decision to limit Hajj participation and noted that his country was increasing the number of flu shots on hand to control an eventual outbreak.

VOA: standard.2009.07.23

"President Obama has been all over the Middle East, he's been in Turkey, he's been in Saudi Arabia, he's been in Cairo, and giving major speeches, and he has not spoken to or with the Israeli people or really sort of extended his hand as a partner in this entire process,".

VOA: standard.2009.08.29