Iran is observing the thirtieth anniversary of the country's Islamic revolution with a ten-day celebration that began last Saturday.

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The National Education Association, the country's largest teachers union, gives a history of the celebration on its Web site.

VOA: special.2010.04.30

The room has a feeling of solidity and permanence, but it also is a celebration of light and airiness.

VOA: special.2010.01.27

He produced them for the opening celebration of the new entrance to the Vatican Museums in two thousand.

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Some of the guests were not sure what to think of Ellen and Doug's celebration -- or even how to describe it.

VOA: special.2011.05.23

President Roosevelt had this painting hung in the White House as a celebration of American art and engineering.

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And they brought the Saint and the custom of giving gifts into their own celebration at Christmas time.

VOA: special.2009.12.20

The celebration also marks the eightieth anniversary of Congress' declaring "The Star-Spangled Banner" as the national anthem.

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The next year a women's rights leader from Germany suggested the idea of an international celebration.

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A local public relations man suggested a celebration of the area's once plentiful strawberry fields.

VOA: special.2009.05.19

These have included a month-long celebration of the traditional and modern arts of China.

VOA: special.2010.10.29

A great Indian fireworks show takes place during the religious celebration of Diwali,every autumn.

VOA: special.2009.07.05

The celebration of Stevie Wonder's music was held at the White House.

VOA: special.2009.03.13

They held a three-day celebration in the fall of sixteen twenty-one.

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The anniversary celebration is called "Ten Days of Dawn."

VOA: special.2009.02.07

This year is the fifteenth celebration of the event.

VOA: special.2010.04.05

And that's the VOA special English development report written by June Simms, tell us about the situation of women where you are and will there be a local celebration of International Women's Day?

VOA: special.2010.03.08

And so,to the Germans of Pennsylvania, Saint Nicholas or Pelznickel was a man dressed in fur who came once a year with gifts for good children.Soon, people began to feel that the love and kindness Pelznickel brought should be part of a celebration honoring the Christkindl, as the Germans called the Christ child.

VOA: special.2009.12.20

Tap Waterz and Rick Fire, the wheelchair-bound members of the Hip Hop duo Four Wheel City, at the start of the celebration.

VOA: standard.2010.07.27

Then Mr.Obama heads to the French-German border for a celebration of the 60th anniversary of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, or NATO.

VOA: standard.2009.03.31

President Obama called the event a celebration of Ramadan and the accomplishments of the American Muslim community.

VOA: standard.2009.09.02

The memorial was an upbeat celebration of Michael Jackson's music, with local talent taking the stage to sing his hits or imitate his complex and iconic dance moves.

VOA: standard.2009.07.11

The president's weekly address marks the Jewish holiday of Passover and Christians' celebration of Easter with a call to set aside differences and find strength on common ground.

VOA: standard.2009.04.11

continues to be a celebration of the profound change in this hemisphere as compared to many periods in the past when the hemisphere was marked by undemocratic governments.

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"The celebration of his return was extremely disturbing, and we have made it quite clear to the Libyan government both publicly and privately that we're going to be watching very closely how they receive this man,"

VOA: standard.2009.08.24

"It is the determination of the family to be careful and deliberate on how they plan his celebration of life because we're talking about a historic figure that really changed pop culture around the world,"

VOA: standard.2009.06.29

"It's also a wonderful concept to reward a woman from each of the five major regional areas in which science is being conducted around the world, in a celebration of not only women in science, but also the importance of science in a world community."

VOA: standard.2010.03.29

"But the most wonderful thing is that despite all those tensions, people are able to worship freely, there is such a variety of different devotion and celebration in the streets of Jerusalem, and that's the spirit that really should predominate at this time."

VOA: standard.2010.04.01