For the first row nearest the fans, they generally suggested trees that lose their leaves in the fall or trees with waxy leaf surfaces.

VOA: special.2009.09.08

The Germans,by a remarkable combination of air bombing and heavily armored tanks, have broken through the French defenses north of the Maginot Line, and strong columns of their armored vehicles are ravaging the open country, which for the first day or two was without defenders.

VOA: special.2011.05.12

For the first time, a government agency the Food and Drug Administration, or FDA - will have the authority to regulate tobacco products.

VOA: standard.2009.06.22

With the adoption of the Convention, she notes the international community unanimously recognized for the first time in history that children are not simply the property of their parents or guardians, but are in charge of their own destiny.

VOA: standard.2009.10.08

"Text4baby is the first real m-health service launched in the United States focused on pregnant women, where women can text 51141 Baby or Bebe and register for messages during pregnancy and for the first year of life,"

VOA: standard.2010.02.24

If they become infected, especially after the first three months of pregnancy, they can get very sick or even die.

VOA: special.2009.08.05

If they become infected,especially after the first three months of pregnancy, they can get very sick or even die.

VOA: special.2009.08.18

Sometimes they were asked to perform at the palace of the English ruler Queen Elizabeth, or later,King James the First.

VOA: special.2010.01.06

Opposition Republican leaders agree on the need to raise the borrowing limit by August second or risk the nation's first default.

VOA: special.2011.07.15

She is the first National Collegiate Athletic Association Division One coach in men's or women's basketball to win one thousand games.

VOA: special.2009.03.20

The World Health Organization this week declared the first pandemic, or worldwide spread, of influenza in forty-one years.

VOA: special.2009.06.13

The first improvements were made in the cabin of Tommy or "The Luck" as he was usually called.

VOA: special.2009.06.06

Scholars who work on publishing make careful choices many of the plays about whether to use words from the First Folio,or the Quartos.

VOA: special.2010.01.13

Or,he said human DNA really was present in the bone, but the bone was too small or low-quality to repeat the first results.

VOA: special.2011.03.15