This was not the first presidential speech to students.

VOA: special.2009.09.10

This was not the kind of bank Clay wanted.

VOA: special.2009.01.29

White House officials said this was not the president's long-awaited speech to the Muslim world, although it is being seen as part of his outreach to members of the Islamic faith.

VOA: standard.2009.04.06

Adelaide Johnson said this unfinished area was meant to show that the struggle for women's equality was not over.

VOA: special.2010.01.27

This was not only true for farmers, but also for immigrants who came to the United States from foreign countries.

VOA: special.2010.05.13

Many people felt this was unfair, because the Sears Tower's tall antenna was not included in the official height measurement.

VOA: special.2010.03.31

But his resignation was not the only exit from a job that was in the news this week.

VOA: special.2010.08.13

American Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said this week that this was,in her words, "not an appropriate time to consider" the loan.

VOA: special.2009.05.16

This frame was load-bearing, meaning that the steel skeleton would support the building's weight, not its walls.

VOA: special.2010.03.31

represented a time of promise. "This could not be happening" was the sentiment expressed as a growing crowd gathered around that black-and-white TV set.

VOA: special.2009.08.16

He did not want to hear Calvin's voice even though this was the last chance.

VOA: special.2009.03.07

A common sound in the nineteen sixties. But this was not just another launch.

VOA: special.2009.07.15

But,there was not enough information about the stars to use this method effectively.

VOA: special.2010.07.14

Bruce Springsteen did the honors: "This was a band that not only wanted to lay claim to this world, but had their eyes on the next one,too.

VOA: special.2009.10.19