About two hundred farmers signed up for the insurance within the first two weeks that it was being offered there.

VOA: special.2010.05.11

Everything worked as planned. Everyone expected the third moon-landing flight, Apollo Thirteen, would go as well as the first two.

VOA: special.2009.07.22

He paid record amounts to sign two of the first free agents: pitcher Catfish Hunter and hitter Reggie Jackson.

VOA: special.2010.07.26

The tests are the first step in human clinical trials of two vaccine candidates developed at the University of Cape Town.

VOA: special.2009.07.29

The legislation was first proposed in two thousand seven by Joe Biden, then a senator, now the vice president.

VOA: special.2009.10.24

We will tell the story in two parts. Here is Kay Gallant with the first part of our story.

VOA: special.2009.05.23

The results of the two short flights made space officials believe the Mercury program was ready for its first orbital flight.

VOA: special.2009.06.17

Today we have the first of two programs about how the Lomax family helped keep American folk music from being lost.

VOA: special.2010.01.18

This week we begin the first of two programs about classical music composers at work today in the United States.

VOA: special.2010.07.12

Last week, the government lost its case against two managers at Bear Stearns, the first investment bank to fail last year.

VOA: special.2009.11.20

Mattel agreed to change it. That was back in nineteen ninety-two, the same year as the first Barbie for President doll.

VOA: special.2009.04.06

On Thursday JPMorgan Chase reported more than two billion dollars in profit for the first three months of this year.

VOA: special.2009.04.17

Last year was the first year since two thousand four that Hawaii has had fewer than seven million visitors.

VOA: special.2009.03.02

The UConn Huskies entered the game undefeated for the past two seasons, yet they were behind after the first half.

VOA: special.2010.04.10