From time to time, Union officers would ride up the hill to report what a great victory their troops were winning.

VOA: special.2009.08.27

Darwin's observations showed him that environments can change a little very quickly and a great deal over time.

VOA: special.2009.02.27

It was the first time that a government had approved a law to preserve and protect land because of its great beauty.

VOA: special.2009.01.07

Then everything she had was destroyed again -- this time, in the Great Chicago Fire of eighteen seventy-one.

VOA: special.2009.03.16

Others disagreed. In any case, it was not a good time to argue it was the Great Depression, and times were difficult.

VOA: special.2009.12.29

The Industrial Revolution of the eighteen and nineteen hundreds was a time of great change for the world.

VOA: special.2011.04.26

But around the world,he says, there is a subculture of people who spend a great deal of time trying to set or break records.

VOA: special.2011.05.16

During this time the United States was in an economic decline known as the Great Depression.

VOA: special.2010.05.02

"It's quite a cross-section of American maritime history frozen in time on the Great Lakes.

VOA: special.2009.11.11

They did not expect an easy life. And as time passed, they found solutions to most of the problems of farming on the Great Plains.

VOA: special.2010.04.15

This would make each project take a great deal of time and cost more money.

VOA: special.2009.12.13

But many also say they do not have enough time to do the work themselves and are under great pressure to do well in school.

VOA: special.2009.04.23

It took a great deal of time and effort to gather fibers from plants or animals to make into yarn which could then be made into cloth.

VOA: special.2009.11.04

It was a time of great technological progress in the United States.

VOA: special.2010.08.12