George Washington was the first president to place his hand on a Christian Bible when taking the oath of office.

VOA: special.2009.01.19

Georgiana's past lovers used to say that the hand of a magical fairy had touched her face when she was born.

VOA: special.2009.09.26

The heavy pole holding the flag had just left his hand when the picture was taken.

VOA: special.2010.05.31

When the young man stepped in front of McKinley, McKinley reached out to shake his hand.

VOA: special.2010.07.29

Meysy turned to follow them, when he felt Mr. Mindon's hand grab his arm.

VOA: special.2009.01.31

Meysy turned to follow them, when he felt Mister Mindon's hand grab his arm.

VOA: special.2010.05.29

In poker, you bluff when you bet heavily on a poor hand.

VOA: special.2009.11.22

The Lady in Black looked at it. She remembered the wave of anger that had come over her when she had reached out her hand and silenced the clock that night three months before.

VOA: special.2010.05.15

"We have all seen that,first hand, when Americans responded to the tsunami or to Katrina, or the earthquake in Pakistan.

VOA: standard.2010.01.16

Staff Sergeant Richard Green, an 82nd Airborne Division mechanic, found this out first-hand when he accidentally damaged his unit's first M-ATV.

VOA: standard.2010.08.01

To accurately assess the level of second-hand smoke exposure, researchers tested for cotinine, which is produced when nicotine is metabolized.

VOA: standard.2010.06.15

"And when he shook my hand, inside was $400,and he said I want you to take the students out for a good meal."

VOA: standard.2010.02.26

When humanitarian disaster strikes, we extend a hand.

VOA: standard.2010.05.22

Today it is a museum. Inside are precious artifacts from the family's daily life, including scraps of hand-written poetry and the manuscript of a polonaise written by young Frederic when he was eight-years-old.

VOA: standard.2010.03.04