And even though a great civil war was being fought, citizens of the North prepared to choose a leader.

VOA: special.2009.12.10

He said they would rise up at the first sign of a leader who wished to break their chains.

VOA: special.2009.06.18

After the general's first victory, New York political leader Thurlow Weed happened to meet Taylor's brother on a Hudson River steamboat.

VOA: special.2009.03.05

The American president and the Soviet leader were able to communicate directly and immediately on the hot line.

VOA: special.2009.12.06

Next week,Japanese Prime Minister Taro Aso is to become the first foreign leader to visit the new president at the White House.

VOA: special.2009.02.21

Misato Miyauchi wants to know more about the civil rights leader and Christian clergyman Martin Luther King Jr.

VOA: special.2009.01.16

In nineteen twenty-four, jazz musician and orchestra leader Paul Whiteman decided to organize a special concert to show that jazz was serious music.

VOA: special.2009.02.15

Now,Harry Reid, the Democratic majority leader, is working to produce a health care bill in the Senate.

VOA: special.2009.11.13

After the fighting ended, the leader of the Goths is said to have demanded five-thousand pounds of gold and three thousand pounds of pepper.

VOA: special.2010.06.01

For the eighth year, India remained the leader in sending students to the United States.

VOA: special.2009.11.26

This year,Chancellor Angela Merkel became the first German leader to attend the ceremony in Paris.

VOA: special.2009.11.14

The members meet in private, choose a leader and try to agree on a judgment.

VOA: special.2009.08.31

James Green wants to know about Patrick Henry, an important leader of the American Revolution.

VOA: special.2009.04.24

After the fighting ended, the leader of the Goths is said to have demanded five thousand pounds of gold and three thousand pounds of pepper.

VOA: special.2009.05.19

Iran's top leader has demanded a stop to protests over the disputed presidential election.

VOA: special.2009.06.20

He met with its leader to gain the release of two detained American journalists.

VOA: special.2009.08.08

The former state lawmaker will now try to defeat Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid.

VOA: special.2010.06.12

Before leaving the country, Bourke-White received permission to meet with Soviet leader Joseph Stalin.

VOA: special.2009.05.17

Jang Song Taek is married to Kim Kyong Hui, the leader's sister.

VOA: special.2010.10.02

Union leader Eugene Debs attempted to keep the strike peaceful.

VOA: special.2010.06.24

"A player who hasn't been playing for very long, I try to keep them next to the section player, or leader as we call it, that has been playing a while so they can always ask questions say, 'Hey,I don't know what that means.'" Matt is now in college, studying music education.

VOA: special.2010.06.21

In Congress,Monday,some Filipino lawmakers called for the withdrawal of the bill, proposing the amendments to honor the former leader.

VOA: standard.2009.08.03

Senator Richard Gordon said the street turnout was fitting for a leader who came to power through street protests.

VOA: standard.2009.08.03