He asked Congress to give him everything he needed to win the war and bring peace to the area.

VOA: special.2009.02.26

He thought their ideas about nonviolence and disobedience could be used together to win equal rights for black Americans.

VOA: special.2011.01.17

She is the first National Collegiate Athletic Association Division One coach in men's or women's basketball to win one thousand games.

VOA: special.2009.03.20

He most always was a winner. If there was a dog-fight, he would try to win money on it.

VOA: special.2009.08.29

The fifty-nine year old Watson needed to make a short attempt on his final hole to win the British Open.

VOA: special.2009.08.01

To win the presidential election of eighteen sixty, the Republican Party had decided it needed a man of the people.

VOA: special.2009.06.11

Not so in other southern states. In Tennessee,Georgia, and North Carolina, Democrats used threats and violence to win elections.

VOA: special.2010.02.18

On June fourteenth, the Los Angeles Lakers defeated the Orlando Magic to win the National Basketball Association championship.

VOA: special.2009.07.10

That same year, Clemente helped his team beat the New York Yankees to win the World Series - the national baseball championship.

VOA: special.2010.04.11

But other party leaders remembered that Harrison had received many votes in 1836, although not enough to win.

VOA: special.2009.01.22

On July nineteenth, American Tom Watson aimed to become the oldest golfer to win a major event.

VOA: special.2009.08.01

They believed the South wanted to win Mexican territory for the purpose of spreading and strengthening slavery.

VOA: special.2009.02.26

Last year, Johnson became the second driver in history to win a third straight Sprint Cup championship.

VOA: special.2009.04.10

Basketball fans cheered Lakers head coach Phil Jackson as he became the only head coach in NBA history to win ten national championships.

VOA: special.2009.07.10