This week in our series, Steve Ember and Shirley Griffith describe the first days of the American Civil War.

VOA: special.2009.08.20

This year's show in Santa Fe took place over four days in March at the city's convention center and nearby hotels.

VOA: special.2009.05.18

In August,eighteen sixty-four, Lincoln wrote:"For some days past, it seems that this administration probably will not be re-elected.

VOA: special.2009.12.10

It was held for eleven days earlier this summer in a park along a lake in Milwaukee,Wisconsin.

VOA: special.2010.08.02

He always used to say "One of these days, I am going to marry this girl."

VOA: special.2009.07.19

This week we look at President Obama's first one hundred days in office.

VOA: special.2009.05.02

Half the people with this condition die within ten to fourteen days.

VOA: special.2009.05.26

This goal of greater job security is harder to reach these days.

VOA: special.2010.09.02

There are also non-Christian holy days around this time of year.

VOA: special.2011.04.22

Negotiations on this point of the peace treaty lasted for days.

VOA: special.2010.07.15

The House of Representatives held two days of hearings this week.

VOA: special.2010.02.26

This time they made the trip in eighty-nine days,eight hours.

VOA: special.2009.12.23

On May fifteenth, just seventeen days after leaving New York, Captain Creesy wrote this in the Flying Cloud's log: "We have passed the Equator in two days less time than ever before.

VOA: special.2009.12.23

"This phone will work only for 11 days, when we are near the Earth, but it will be switched off later."

VOA: standard.2010.06.02