They became the first African-American men to fly together on a shuttle mission.

VOA: standard.2010.02.02

The Italian cities of Genoa and Venice became powerful because they were at the center of the spice trade.

VOA: special.2010.06.01

Both became lawyers. They each served in the Illinois state legislature before serving one term in the United States Congress.

VOA: special.2009.07.24

Scientists believe large groups of wolves became stuck when they came to feed on animals already trapped in the asphalt.

VOA: special.2010.04.07

The band became so popular that in nineteen sixty-six John Lennon said they were more popular than Jesus Christ.

VOA: special.2010.07.30

It became his theme song -- the song people think of when they think of Bob Hope.

VOA: special.2009.03.09

Because of this, the Guthrie family became more private as they attempted to hide Nora's problems.

VOA: special.2010.06.13

It is not known if the stories helped the company's sales, but they became extremely popular.

VOA: special.2009.01.24

With special lighting effects, they became invisible and their brightly colored puppets took over the stage.

VOA: special.2009.09.23

They heard what became one of the most famous speeches in American history.

VOA: special.2010.04.16

And,the situation would be even worse if they became sick as a dog.

VOA: special.2010.05.30

They became known in the industry as Wild Well Control techniques.

VOA: special.2009.03.22

but still they sat and talked. The ringing became more severe.

VOA: special.2009.05.16

They became popular in black communities throughout the United States.

VOA: special.2010.03.28

He says that conditions are far better than they were in 1990 when the ADA became law, and that they are improving.

VOA: standard.2010.07.27

"As the scope of the destruction became apparent, I spoke to each of these gentlemen, and they each asked the same simple question, 'How can I help?'.

VOA: standard.2010.01.16

They became eligible for the Winter Games in 1992, but the NHL has allowed its athletes to go to the Olympics only three previous times: in 1998,2002,and 2006.

VOA: standard.2010.01.12

"Its really because of what Bill and I have seen thats been possible the amazing life-saving advances of this technology of vaccine and the success of the GAVI Alliance and what theyve really done the last 10 years, She says there used to be much lag time between the time a vaccine appeared in the U.S.or Europe and the when they became available in poor countries.

VOA: standard.2010.01.29