It was once home to many silver mines and towns that grew up around them.

VOA: special.2009.08.16

It bothered her and she had it fixed, and her self-esteem went up 200 percent once that was fixed."

VOA: standard.2010.07.22

Eric, you stood up once,and it was a foam board. But there's whale watching, too.Come with us.

VOA: standard.other

Most people give up those kinds of hobbies once they grow up, but not Robert Lang.

VOA: standard.2010.03.17

Once you reach the 5th level, you can earn up to $500."

VOA: standard.2010.07.16

He once pulled up a molasses jug from the 1800s.

VOA: standard.2010.07.20

To represent that chain of events, a long line of oversized, brightly painted dominoes has been set up running for one-and-a-half kilometers in an area where the Wall once stood.

VOA: standard.2009.11.09

The dominoes have been set up to run for one and a half kilometers in an area where the Wall once stood, and late Monday they will be toppled much like the Wall was two decades ago.

VOA: standard.2009.11.09

But India's diamond center is now desolate. Merchants in the once busy trading city say they have transacted virtually no business since last Christmas as orders dry up from Western buyers, who bought nearly 90 percent of their stones.

VOA: standard.2009.04.03