A few months earlier, the government of President George Washington had started a contest for the best design for the Capitol.

VOA: special.2010.01.27

One of the most interesting questions we continuously ask ourselves at Accel over the last year and nine months, why didn't we see the Facebook earlier?

在过去的一年九个月里,我们Accel人常问自己一个有趣的问题，为什么我们没早点见到脸谱网呢？

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Five months earlier, Confederate General Robert E.Lee had marched his army up from Virginia to invade the North.

VOA: special.2009.11.12

The mother had believed that her son had been killed several months earlier in the Korean War.

VOA: special.2009.05.17

Sunday, Polish voters cast their ballots, electing their next president nearly four months earlier than originally planned.

VOA: standard.2010.06.17

Iron ore production in the three months hit 32.45 million metric tons, up from 29.4 million tons a year earlier.

VOA: standard.2010.01.21

In the first nine months of 2009, capital inflows stood at just $12 billion one fifth the level of a year earlier.

VOA: standard.2009.10.16

Tens of thousands of people were killed during Sri Lanka's An estimated 6500 people were reportedly killed and 14,000 wounded during the last few months of the war earlier this year.

VOA: standard.2009.10.25

That translates into "Unfortunately, despite the most recent indicators that suggest the recovery may be in sight somewhat earlier than we were expecting only a few months ago, it will take far for the recovery to materialize in terms of significant improvement in the labor market,".

VOA: standard.2009.09.16