But first,we tell about a new organization that is finding homes for animals and helping American soldiers at the same time.

VOA: special.2009.12.11

It was the first time that a government had approved a law to preserve and protect land because of its great beauty.

VOA: special.2009.01.07

Many people think that the Industrial Revolution was the first time people began to have a major effect on the earth's ecology.

VOA: special.2011.04.26

The first time I looked through its magic lens, the clouds that surrounded my daily life rolled away.

VOA: special.2009.07.18

The vehicle is helping scientists to see for the first time huge areas underneath the lake that were otherwise impossible to explore.

VOA: special.2009.06.03

A Baltimore newspaper first called it that during the nineteen twenties when the manufacture and sale of alcohol were banned for a time.

VOA: special.2009.08.16

His first years in the United States were difficult, like those of most immigrants at that time.

VOA: special.2010.08.01

One critic calls it the first television show in a long time that is just plain fun.

VOA: special.2010.01.08

It is the first time that the world's biggest sports event will be held in Africa.

VOA: special.2010.06.09

"If you look back in history you will find that many presidents who were enormously popular in that first year became failed presidents over time.

VOA: special.2010.01.23

She admitted that she got married the first time only to escape from being forced to live in a group home for children without parents.

VOA: special.2009.12.06

The World Food Program said last week that the number of hungry people will pass one billion this year for the first time in history.

VOA: special.2009.09.22

It was the first time a national political convention was held that far west.

VOA: special.2009.05.07

This was the first time that a president had died in office.

VOA: special.2009.01.29