In November of that year, New York Philharmonic conductor Bruno Walter became sick and could not conduct an important concert.

VOA: special.2009.08.02

And my family,we usually eat the leftovers of the desserts that we make for New Year's, or New Year's Eve and stuff,so.

VOA: special.2009.12.28

It was a tradition to open the White House on that day so the president could wish visitors a happy new year.

VOA: special.2009.10.08

The New York Times newspaper reports that,on average, people experience feelings of loneliness about forty-eight days a year.

VOA: special.2009.12.22

That same year, Clemente helped his team beat the New York Yankees to win the World Series - the national baseball championship.

VOA: special.2010.04.11

The new law will reduce the most that borrowers must repay each year from fifteen percent of their income to ten percent.

VOA: special.2010.04.15

Some gardeners suggest that to get the best tasting parsley, you should plant new seeds every year.

VOA: special.2009.06.02

But that is not all she and her family like to do to celebrate the New Year.

VOA: special.2009.12.28

On Friday President Obama proposed tax credits for every new employee that a business hires this year.

VOA: special.2010.01.30

Two other traditions for welcoming the New Year are a midnight kiss and an attempt to sing a song that almost no one knows.

VOA: special.2009.12.28

Next year, Microsoft plans a new version of Office that is both Web-based and free.

VOA: special.2009.07.17

She arrived at school in New York City -- only to learn that an unwritten limit of "two Negro students per year" had already been met.

VOA: special.2010.04.24

That year,Charlie Parker and Dizzy Gillespie took the new jazz sound to California.

VOA: special.2009.05.03

"I'm not a believer in resolutions for New Year's. I think that resolutions come when they need to throughout the year, when you decide that someone needs a change."

VOA: special.2009.12.28

The TNS survey says that in a typical year, as many as 25-percent of the advertisers are new to the broadcast.

VOA: standard.2010.01.27

President Obama says the big banks that were in critical condition a year ago do not need any new government help.

VOA: standard.2009.10.21

But not so. About 62,000 new motor homes rolled out of dealerships in 2004, but just one-third that many were sold last year.

VOA: standard.2010.03.01

Analysts say that Iran was particularly incensed about the new British Broadcasting Corporation's Persian language TV station that was started early this year.

VOA: standard.2009.07.02

Condom told French radio that the mantra of this year's Paris show would likely be to maintain existing orders rather than to secure new ones.

VOA: standard.2009.06.16

It's funny... but in the middleof all that fun, I began to think about Jenny, wondering how she wasspending her New Year's night out in California.

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But Mark Zandi of Moody's Economy.com in New York says that as difficult as 2009 has been so far, the rest of the year could be worse.

VOA: standard.2009.03.10

Economists say much of China's growth in the past year was the result of stimulus efforts, including rapid lending growth that funded new housing and factory construction.

VOA: standard.2010.01.21

President Medvedev and I began this process in London, and will seek a new agreement by the end of this year that is legally-binding, and sufficiently bold.

VOA: standard.2009.04.08

Ending a 15-year ban, a new state law allows concealed weapons permit holders to carry guns into restaurants that serve alcohol, as long as they do not drink.

VOA: standard.2010.07.06

That's like Times Square. Don't you just love New Year's?

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