The railroad company planned to buy the machine if it worked as well as the salesman said.

VOA: special.2009.02.21

John Henry told the supervisor he would never let the machine take his job.His friends all cheered.

VOA: special.2009.02.21

How about a race?' John Henry looked at the machine and saw images of the future.

VOA: special.2009.02.21

He said the company could have the machine without cost if John Henry was faster.

VOA: special.2009.02.21

When the machine guns opened fire, American soldiers began moving up San Juan Hill.

VOA: special.2010.07.15

Polly Ann and her son cheered when the machine was pulled from the tunnel.

VOA: special.2009.02.21

The reporters saw the machine at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena,California.

VOA: special.2011.04.26

"Competing against the machine will be the death of you," she said.

VOA: special.2009.02.21

Researchers place a big block of tar into the machine.

VOA: special.2010.04.07

Without them, the machine would fall apart.

VOA: special.2009.11.01

They set off a string of bombs that damaged equipment in the machine room and started a fire that authorities rushed to put out.

VOA: standard.2010.07.21

The term today most often is used to describe a powerful machine designed to clear away trees and other big objects.

VOA: special.2009.02.15

And there are existing methods, like a machine that can quickly identify chemicals in pills to confirm if the pills are real.

VOA: special.2010.03.01

She says she cannot think of a more efficient, hopeful or fair machine, except maybe the bicycle.

VOA: special.2010.04.05