Still,with all these difficulties, ten-thousand troops made it to Washington in the first few weeks of the Civil War.

VOA: special.2009.08.20

The plan seemed good. And after the first few hours of battle, the Confederates were close to victory.

VOA: special.2009.09.17

The Pittsburgh Pirates did not do well the first few years Clemente played on the team.

VOA: special.2010.04.11

Breastfeeding reduces the chances of infections in the first few hours of life.

VOA: special.2010.08.04

In the first few hours of the battle, Union forces were winning.

VOA: special.2009.08.27

The first few years were difficult.

VOA: special.2009.06.04

"In the early days, the first few cases in the U.S. had recovered by the time they were diagnosed.

VOA: standard.2010.04.29

For the first few weeks, she fed them all out of her own pocket, along with donations from local people.

VOA: standard.2010.03.22

Jackson says in the first few days of the Olympics his business has sold almost three times the merchandise as at Christmas.

VOA: standard.2010.02.17

These men got rich. But such areas were few and quickly claimed by the first men to find them.

VOA: special.2010.04.25

A few years ago, researchers completed what they called the first large map to show genetic links with Parkinson's disease.

VOA: special.2009.04.07

A few years later, he drew pictures for the first "Little Bear" books, written by Else Minarik.

VOA: special.2009.10.05

A few months later, President Cleveland and the First Lady went to New York City for the official ceremony welcoming the Statue of Liberty.

VOA: special.2010.05.06

It is also no accident that this play about a Scottish king was written a few years after James the First became King of England in sixteen-oh-three.

VOA: special.2010.01.13