The position of Secretary of State went to James Blaine, who had refused his party's requests to run for president.

VOA: special.2010.05.27

It has been said that Napoleon was successful because he knew the field position of every one of his guns.

VOA: special.2009.11.01

He spent the last week in February writing what he believed to be the true position of the South.

VOA: special.2009.03.26

The difference in the apparent position of the cosmic masers lets astronomers measure their distance from the Earth.

VOA: special.2009.01.20

Some canopies have narrow strips of metal or wood to provide either sunlight or shade, depending on the position of the sun.

VOA: special.2011.08.09

Scientists are able to measure the strength and position of earthquakes because there are hundreds of seismic monitoring stations around the world.

VOA: special.2011.06.07

She wrote about how she battled her own insecurities to move from a traditional job as homemaker to a position of power.

VOA: special.2009.04.26

A navigator had to use complex observing instruments to note the position of the moon and stars.

VOA: special.2010.07.14

The two became friends. John Henslow suggested that Charles Darwin take the unpaid position of naturalist for a trip on the British ship H.M.S.Beagle.

VOA: special.2009.02.25

Scientists have been wondering for years about the position of the Galapagos in the Pacific Ocean.

VOA: special.2009.12.16

A navigator would take the last known position of the ship, then add the ship's speed.

VOA: special.2009.12.23

They have urged America to take a position of international leadership in coral reef protection and to take steps to reduce the trade's environmental effects.

VOA: special.2010.08.10

It put the Confederate states in the position of fighting for slavery -- even though most of the soldiers were too poor to own slaves.

VOA: special.2009.02.09

For Eleanor Creesy to learn the correct position of the ship each day, she had to be able to see the sun, the moon or stars.

VOA: special.2009.12.23