Lincoln admitted that, even if the dispute could be settled peacefully, there were those who wanted to see the Union destroyed.

VOA: special.2009.07.30

She sat between richly dressed women who were there to spend the day eating sweets and showing off their costly clothing.

VOA: special.2009.09.05

He said: "There are very few people who can say their actions and conduct changed the face of the nation.

VOA: special.2009.03.08

Rudolf found it hard to believe that there was someone in the world who did not know what violin was.

VOA: special.2010.05.08

But in the end there is hope for this singer, who exists only in a movie and its soundtrack.

VOA: special.2010.02.22

His unusual childhood and extraordinary actions tell about people who believed there were no limits to what they could do.

VOA: special.2009.11.28

Adolph Bandelier was researching the history and social organization of the American Indians who had lived there for centuries.

VOA: special.2010.07.05

But there are lesser officials who do the basic work and preparations on the different issues to be negotiated.

VOA: special.2009.11.01

He attended the opening of a new burial place for the Union soldiers who had died in the great battle there.

VOA: special.2009.11.05

In eighteen eighty-six, Maggie Tobin left home for the town of Leadville,Colorado, to join a sister and brother who already lived there.

VOA: special.2010.03.08

(MUISC) The thousands who rushed to Colorado soon found that there was not as much gold as expected.

VOA: special.2009.05.28

The report said about sixty-six percent of those who died there from prescription drugs apparently had no prescription.

VOA: special.2010.05.04

It is safe to say there was no one there who had the same respect that Missus Sommers did for her surroundings.

VOA: special.2009.09.05

There were some who thought the earlier Missouri Compromise could be used to settle the issue of slavery in California,Oregon,and New Mexico.

VOA: special.2009.02.26