In two thousand seven, the Yankees signed a ten-year contract with Alex Rodriguez for a record two hundred seventy-five million dollars.

VOA: special.2010.07.26

Mister Johnson decided to record musicians around the world to unite people with different instruments and cultures.

VOA: special.2009.07.31

NBA coach Red Auerbach of the Boston Celtics had held the record with nine championship victories.

VOA: special.2009.07.10

We close our program with music from a record called "Canyon Lullaby" written by Paul Winter.

VOA: special.2009.10.07

By the nineteen thirties, some of the possible record-making skyscrapers were being designed with spires.

VOA: special.2010.03.31

She has said that she will not be making a record every six months, so she might as well work with as many experts as she can.

VOA: special.2009.08.14

Melody Gardot later produced a short record with some of her songs.

VOA: special.2009.10.30

The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in Cleveland,Ohio is celebrating the record company's anniversary all year with a new exhibit "Motown: The Sound of Young America Turns Fifty."

VOA: special.2009.05.11

The following year, Jones set a school record with eighteen assists.

VOA: special.2010.06.25

He made only one record with a major record company.

VOA: special.2009.07.27

He told ABC's This Week program that he expects the president will pick someone with a liberal record on major issues.

VOA: standard.2009.05.03

It didn't take long to convince Pinetop to record an album with his close friend and collaborator Willie "Big Eyes" Smith.

VOA: standard.2010.07.20

The actors wear high-tech outfits dotted with sensors that record their every movement including the subtlest facial expressions.

VOA: standard.2009.12.19

"That gave him the freedom to swim like a fish with a camera and be able to record what he was seeing.

VOA: standard.2010.06.18

He recounts a phone call with his mother before taking the 200-meter gold in record time Thursday night.

VOA: standard.2009.08.21

When Chess folded in 1975, Koko went on to record nine albums with Alligator Records, eight of them nominated for Grammy Awards.

VOA: standard.2009.06.18

On Saturday,Canada broke the record for the biggest margin of victory in Olympic women's ice hockey with an 18-0 trouncing of Slovakia.

VOA: standard.2010.02.15

"It is with their help we were able to recover all the 158 bodies in record time."

VOA: standard.2010.05.23

We wanted to be a little more timely than that with this record." Brad sings about social and technological advances in "Welcome To The Future,"

VOA: standard.2009.09.03

Robin Hodess says creating a new anti-corruption body is common practice when confronted with corruption, but that the track record of such bodies is mixed.

VOA: standard.2009.11.17

A high-speed French train can reach 574 kilometers per hour, but the record was set a Japanese train with a speed of 581 kilometers per hour.

VOA: standard.2010.02.15

But with the U.S. running record deficits, some say farm subsidies could face cuts when the legislation that governs them comes up for renewal in 2012.

VOA: standard.2010.04.28

Despite competing all season with an injured groin, Gay won the silver medal in the 100 meters on Sunday with a national record time of 9.71 seconds.

VOA: standard.2009.08.18

Pittsburgh had finished the regular season with the second best record in the AFC at 12-4 while the Cardinals squeaked into the post-season from the NFC at 9-7.

VOA: standard.2009.12.24

On December 2,Taylor Swift received eight Grammy Award nominations, including Album Of The Year for Fearless, and Record and Song Of The Year, for "You Belong With Me."

VOA: standard.2010.01.25

while "Halo" competes for Record Of The Year. (MUSIC:Halo) Sharing third place with six nominations apiece are the Black Eyed Peas, R&B singer Maxwell, and Taylor Swift's nemesis Kanye West.

VOA: standard.2010.01.25

Mr.Obama is making the change amid outrage over record payouts to financial executives, some of whom work at companies that needed Washington to bail them out with billions of taxpayer dollars last year.

VOA: standard.2009.10.21