He was appointed Supreme Commander of the Allied Powers, the leader of the occupation forces that would rule Japan.

VOA: special.2010.07.02

Voters in the last few years, and most recently in May, have rejected several ballot measures that would have raised taxes.

VOA: special.2009.07.31

It was designed to permit prisoners to live free and productive lives that would help people in the city below.

VOA: special.2010.03.31

She had a plan that would get the ten dollars for her grandmother and make the young man happy.

VOA: special.2010.04.03

This meant the Apollo Eight astronauts could fire the rocket that would send them from Earth orbit toward the moon.

VOA: special.2009.07.08

The fort's commander asked Pryor if he would like the honor of firing the mortar that would begin the attack.

VOA: special.2009.08.13

So,in eighteen fifty-seven, Congress offered to help any company that would try to deliver mail overland to the West Coast.

VOA: special.2010.04.26

State lawmakers in California are considering a bill that would make it illegal for people to have,sell or distribute shark fins.

VOA: special.2011.03.15

He says that would reduce the need for an American missile-defense system proposed for the Czech Republic and Poland.

VOA: special.2009.03.07

Mr.Loughner did not have a record of crimes or mental problems that would have prevented him from buying a gun.

VOA: special.2011.01.15

However,the national social security law established a system that would grow and become a central part of American life.

VOA: special.2011.04.07

Their goal was to create a leading museum that would bring art and art education to the American people.

VOA: special.2010.08.04

He proposed a new civil service system that would let ability -- not politics -- decide who got government jobs.

VOA: special.2010.04.29

Air Force pilot Gordon Cooper became an expert on the Redstone Rocket that would launch Mercury astronauts on short training flights.

VOA: special.2009.06.10