In eighteen forty-six, he was able to establish the independent Treasury again, where the government could keep its own funds.

VOA: special.2009.03.05

She was able to get the government and insurance companies to help patients with the cost of their care.

VOA: special.2009.02.10

That is because critics say Miller was able to dramatize the emotional pain that average people suffer in their daily lives.

VOA: special.2009.11.29

That same year, Polk was able to get Congress to approve a bill that greatly reduced the taxes on imports.

VOA: special.2009.03.05

But it was not until March tenth, eighteen seventy-six that Bell was able to send the human voice over a wire.

VOA: special.2010.05.14

The report said the company was still in the red, but was able to cut its loss from the year before.

VOA: special.2009.04.26

She says high school students respect her because they know she was able to attend college because of Hoop Dreams.

VOA: special.2009.01.28

It took a number of years before Congress was able to pass a law demanding a literacy test for immigrants.

VOA: special.2010.05.20

His friends became concerned. One by one, they asked him if he was able to drive home safely.

VOA: special.2009.07.19

He stayed for almost one year. He was able to get a few paying jobs playing the saxophone.

VOA: special.2009.05.03

In nineteen fifty-two, Miss Carson was able to leave her job at the Fish and Wildlife Service and spend her time writing.

VOA: special.2010.03.14

In the end, he was able to produce a very similar crystal bracelet for less than twenty dollars.

VOA: special.2009.05.18

The bank was so strong that it was able to control the economy throughout most of the country.

VOA: special.2009.01.01

Smith said he was able to read the strange writing in this book and put it into English.

VOA: special.2009.05.28