He also tried hypnosis. He wanted to see if putting patients into a sleep-like condition would help ease troubled minds.

VOA: special.2010.04.13

Pierce wanted to run for re-election. Many northern Democrats,however, objected to his support of the pro-slavery legislature in Kansas.

VOA: special.2009.05.07

She's named after my sister-in-law." "Well I always liked the name Sebastian, so I wanted to name our older son Sebastian.

VOA: special.2009.07.06

Then, he finished a study program in non-profit management because he wanted to do something different with his life.

VOA: special.2009.01.28

In nineteen sixty-nine, the people of Seneca Falls wanted to honor the women who took part in the struggle.

VOA: special.2009.03.13

But the thing they wanted most was the thing they lacked - a child to call their own.

VOA: special.2009.02.28

People who owned negro slaves wanted to take all their property -- including the slaves -- with them when they moved west.

VOA: special.2009.04.30

He wanted to copy the program, to help the teens in court develop self-esteem and communication skills and better control their anger.

VOA: special.2010.06.03

She wanted to make sure she would be judged as a singer who happened to be black - not as a black singer.

VOA: special.2009.01.18

Admiral Nimitz of the Navy wanted to capture the small groups of Japanese-held islands in the Pacific, then seize Taiwan,and finally attack Japan itself.

VOA: special.2011.06.23

But he also wanted to show that he - and not Henry Clay - was president.

VOA: special.2009.01.29

He wanted to offer different kinds of cars for rich people as well as middle-income people.

VOA: special.2009.10.09

These professional criminals often used force to take what they wanted -- cows,horses or money.

VOA: special.2010.03.10

It paid for new roads,bridges, and government buildings -- for almost anything the congressmen wanted.

VOA: special.2010.05.27