Darwin said the Galapagos brought people near "to that great fact that mystery of mysteries the first appearance of new beings on earth."

VOA: special.2009.12.16

Now therefore I do recommend and assign Thursday the twenty-sixth day of November next to be devoted by the people of these states to the service of that great and glorious being, who is the beneficent author of all the good that was,that is, or that will be .

VOA: special.2009.11.23

"History tells us that great powers, when they have gotten into very significant fiscal problems, have ceased to be great powers."

VOA: standard.2010.02.07

If it is all that they can offer, I think the results are not likely to be that great,".

VOA: standard.2009.10.15

When one imagines that a talent that great and a person with that much inner and outer beauty could have had obstacles simply because of the color of her skin, it makes me weep."

VOA: standard.2010.05.15

Some scientists say the earthquake that caused the great tsunami of two thousand four measured nine points in intensity.

VOA: special.2009.03.17

Experts say warm days, cool nights and a medium soil temperature are the best conditions for growing carrots that taste great.

VOA: special.2009.02.24

"People made friends more. I noticed that people would sit with strangers and have conversations, so that was a great thing.

VOA: special.2009.08.05

There were no great surprises that night because the winners of the awards had been announced three months earlier.

VOA: special.2009.02.20

Public protest was so great that both parties in the eighteen eighty-eight elections promised to pass a federal law against trusts.

VOA: special.2010.06.03

But the economy was in ruins, falling faster with each passing day of the crisis that grew into the Great Depression.

VOA: special.2011.03.10

He said the first great fact was that laws were not necessary to keep slavery out of California and New Mexico.

VOA: special.2009.03.19

And I think that Nancy's great sense of, you know,fighting for justice and helping others was a great inspiration."

VOA: special.2009.08.24

On June twenty-sixth, the first C-47s landed at Tempelhof Airport - the beginning of the great operation that was to come.

VOA: special.2011.08.11