More than one-fourth of the four million newborns who die each year around the world were born too early.

VOA: special.2009.10.19

Clara Barton started her life as a nurse during the early days of the Civil War in eighteen sixty-one.

VOA: special.2009.07.26

The Mills were one of the early bands of brothers to become a big hit in the music industry.

VOA: special.2009.06.19

One of his early programs was a history show where he questioned actors playing people like Aristotle and Joan of Arc.

VOA: special.2009.08.16

That was one and a half percent of the world economy, and just losses from early death and disability.

VOA: special.2010.08.25

In the United States in the early eighteen hundreds, fifteen ounces of silver had the same value as one ounce of gold.

VOA: special.2010.06.17

He said they should be ready to sail as early as April sixth only one week away.

VOA: special.2009.08.06

By early February, this winter had already broken them with one hundred forty-two centimeters of snow measured.

VOA: special.2010.03.16

One story says it was first used during the early days of the telephone to tell an operator that a message had been received.

VOA: special.2010.02.28

Early in eighteen fifty-seven, the United States Supreme Court announced one of its most important rulings.

VOA: special.2009.05.21

And he wrote one of the most influential books on early jazz, "Mister Jelly Roll."

VOA: special.2010.01.25

Skin cancer is one of the easiest cancers to cure if found and treated early.

VOA: special.2010.07.06

In the early eighteen hundreds in England, Mary Anning became one of the first women recognized for her discoveries about the ancient history of the Earth.

VOA: special.2009.05.13

The country has one of the best earthquake early warning systems in the world.

VOA: special.2011.03.21