Lee soon discovered that it would not be easy to break out of the trap that Richmond and Petersburg had become.

VOA: special.2009.12.17

Even if the south could secede without war,he said, it still would not get any of the things it demanded.

VOA: special.2009.03.19

It meant that people would not have to climb many steps to reach the upper floors of tall buildings.

VOA: special.2010.03.31

If his daughter saw it, she would know that the moon on her neck was not really the moon.

VOA: special.2009.03.28

He also knew how police think. So,he did not hide the letter where he knew they would look for it.

VOA: special.2009.12.26

As recently as last week China said it would not discuss the dispute over its currency at the Toronto summit.

VOA: special.2010.06.25

It would show that we are not ready as a nation to enter into great questions of foreign policy.

VOA: special.2010.07.22

It would also be helpful in areas like southern Africa, where people often do not show signs of the disease.

VOA: special.2010.04.20

It would not fit in the normal place on the control board, so we hung it from a wire underneath.

VOA: special.2011.05.14

Many of these late nineteenth century houses would not have been built had it not been for a major tragedy.

VOA: special.2009.06.01

Davis was sure that no good would result from it, not even from stronger laws on the return of escaped slaves.

VOA: special.2009.03.26

If all these things were not done,Calhoun said, then it would be better to separate, to part in peace.

VOA: special.2009.03.26

She said if her choices were bad it would not help the black actors who came after her.

VOA: special.2009.06.07

But she says they believe it would be a terrible mistake not to use these influential tools to contribute to the answers.

VOA: special.2009.11.27