The final version of the Emancipation Proclamation came on January first,declaring: " ...all persons held as slaves within any State or designated part of a State, the people whereof shall then be in rebellion against the United States, shall be then,thenceforward, and forever free ..."

VOA: special.2010.05.10

This is what it said: I,Abraham Lincoln, president of the United States and commander in chief of the Army and Navy, do hereby declare that on the first day of January, eighteen sixty-three, all persons held as slaves within any state then in rebellion against the United States, shall then become and be forever free.

VOA: special.2009.10.08

Mr.Miliband says local leaders will then be able to distribute money that would create jobs and rebuild Afghanistan's infrastructure.

VOA: standard.2009.11.17

The material would then be shipped to France to be converted into metal rods before being delivered back to Tehran.

VOA: standard.2009.10.21

The uranium would then be returned to Tehran for use by a small research reactor making medical isotopes.

VOA: standard.2009.10.19

They do not want to return too soon and then be forced out again if fighting resumes.

VOA: standard.2009.06.19

"And,it is very important that the United States deal with the military, know who they are, know the individuals, and then be able to appraise how we might affect change."

VOA: standard.2009.11.02

"Tools that will enable them to grow more crops, grow higher value crops, grow more crops per season or per year, and then be able to earn income from those crops,".

VOA: standard.2009.12.18

The president says as the next step, the Treasury Department will step in to buy small business loans from banks, giving them capital that can then be used for more loans.

VOA: standard.2009.03.16

"We're talking about the livelihoods of millions of people but we're also talking about a huge potential resource of hydropower which can not only provide foreign revenues to the countries, but can those revenues can then be used to finance other development programs and help countries meet their targets on poverty alleviation and millenium development goals,".

VOA: standard.2010.01.11

The jester said, "If these wise men do not know how to hide the moon, then the moon cannot be hidden."

VOA: special.2009.03.28

If all these things were not done,Calhoun said, then it would be better to separate, to part in peace.

VOA: special.2009.03.26

Then the group will be performing shows in several American states, including an appearance at the Coachella festival in Indio,California.

VOA: special.2010.04.16

But she realized then that his mind would forever be on the march, always requiring something newer, better and more perfect.

VOA: special.2009.09.26