"What you've got to do is pass control to local people who then can take control of their own affairs and that is what our strategy is."

VOA: standard.2009.11.13

German Chancellor Angela Merkel met NATO leaders on the German side of the Rhine River and together they walked across a bridge where they were met by President Nicolas Sarkozy, who then welcomed them into France.

VOA: standard.2009.04.04

American workers then began to protest,as their jobs were filled by immigrants who were happy to work for less money.

VOA: special.2010.05.20

John Glenn, the former astronaut who was then a senator from Ohio, put it this way: "I know the Great Lakes.

VOA: special.2009.01.05

Scott was sold in Missouri to an army doctor who took him to Illinois and then went into the Wisconsin territory.

VOA: special.2009.05.14

Then he was sold to a man who took him to Illinois and Wisconsin, where slavery was not legal.

VOA: special.2009.05.21

But if the person who won your heart does not love you, then you are sure to have a broken heart.

VOA: special.2010.07.18

Then the young man decided to become an independent illustrator, someone who makes drawings and pictures for a living.

VOA: special.2010.07.25

Then a free Negro man who worked at the railroad station, Hayward Shepherd, walked down to the bridge.

VOA: special.2009.06.25

Then hospitals might not be able to care for other patients who really do need help.

VOA: special.2009.06.10

Then,there are the babies who play and run around the thick legs of the adult elephants.

VOA: special.2009.08.19

COSTELLO: "You gonna be the coach,too?" ABBOTT: "Yes." COSTELLO: "And you don't know the fellows' names?" ABBOTT: " Well,I should." COSTELLO: "Well,then, who's on first?"

VOA: special.2009.03.09

Their goal is to defeat Democrats who supported the measure and then repeal,or cancel,the law.

VOA: special.2010.03.27

Someone who wants to break into the house will then know when people are away.

VOA: special.2009.09.14