At that point, they had not been American League or World Series winners since the early nineteen sixties.

VOA: special.2010.07.26

On the Big Island, red-hot lava has been flowing from the Kilauea volcano since the early nineteen eighties.

VOA: special.2009.03.02

Unemployment was almost nine percent in April, the highest since the early eighties.

VOA: special.2009.05.29

This is Miami's Little Havana, where Cuban immigrants and their children have lived,worked, and shopped since the early 1960s.

VOA: standard.2010.04.19

Since the early 1950s, only three prime ministers have come from opposition parties, all leading brief coalition governments in the mid 1990s.

VOA: standard.2009.07.13

"We are done." Before he signed the bill, Mr.Obama paid tribute to all who fought for health reform since the early 20th century.

VOA: standard.2010.03.23

Tens of thousands of Malians have been holding protests and expressing outrage since the National Assembly adopted the new family code in early August.

VOA: standard.2009.08.27

Don Wilson has driven up from Florida every few months since the early 1970s.

VOA: standard.2010.07.06

Madoff admitted he had been defrauding thousands of clients since the early 1990s - operating a classic Ponzi scheme - using the money that new customers invested to pay those who wanted to withdraw funds.

VOA: standard.2009.03.12

At St.Charles High School in St.Louis, delivering his 52nd speech on health care since taking office early last year, the president again took aim at Republican calls to scrap the current legislative effort, and those he said favor giving the insurance industry even more power than it has now.

VOA: standard.2010.03.10