One example he uses in his two thousand eight book is Huddie Ledbetter, the singer and guitarist known as Lead Belly.

VOA: special.2010.01.25

So if I wanted to represent, for example, this is the set two, six and eight, I put a one in those slots.

所以如果我想表示的话，比如，这是2，6，8的集合，我放置一个数在这个位置中。

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The war between the United States and Spain in eighteen ninety-eight was one of the shortest in American history.

VOA: special.2010.07.29

During one week in nineteen forty-eight, poisonous air in a nearby town killed twenty people and sickened six thousand others.

VOA: special.2009.07.13

Forbes Magazine estimates the league had an income of about one hundred sixty-five million dollars in two thousand eight.

VOA: special.2010.06.02

The study linked almost one in every five such deaths in two thousand eight to the virus that causes AIDS.

VOA: special.2010.04.14

It says that nearly one third of about eight hundred bird species in the United States are threatened in some way.

VOA: special.2009.05.12

In two thousand eight, American exports supported almost seven percent of all jobs, including one-third of jobs in manufacturing.

VOA: special.2010.07.09

The recession has hit especially hard in California, home of the world's eighth largest economy and one out of eight Americans.

VOA: special.2009.07.31

Since the demonstrations began in March, at least eighty-three people were killed and one thousand eight hundred wounded.

VOA: special.2010.05.22

One cold January morning in nineteen eighty-eight, library workers found a small,almost frozen kitten in the book drop.

VOA: special.2009.02.23

Researchers in the United States studied one hundred thousand women during an eight-year period, beginning in nineteen ninety-four.

VOA: special.2009.04.15

Last month,students from one hundred three universities in eighty-eight countries took part in an international computer programming contest.

VOA: special.2010.03.11

But the report lists one hundred eight-four species that are considered in danger because of limited habitat, serious threats or falling populations.

VOA: special.2009.05.12

He was one of the nation's more than thirty thousand victims of traffic crashes in two thousand eight.

VOA: special.2010.07.01

He acted in thirty-one movies. In nineteen fifty-eight, just as he finished making the movie "King Creole."

VOA: special.2010.04.04

On April twelfth,nineteen sixty-one, Soviet cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin flew in space for one hundred eight minutes.

VOA: special.2011.05.15

In the presidential election of eighteen eighty-eight, one issue that played a major part was tariffs.

VOA: special.2010.05.27

Professor Keyak says the measurement is much greater than monthly reductions in bone mineral density of point four percent and one point eight percent.

VOA: special.2009.03.10

FM radio stations transmit in a range of frequencies between eighty-eight and one hundred eight megahertz.

VOA: special.2010.12.08

In two thousand one, sixty-eight percent of African rhino horns entering illegal trade were recovered.

VOA: special.2009.12.14

Of the eight, only one was found guilty, and only in a very limited way.

VOA: special.2010.06.03

I'll take you anywhere in the city." "I want to go to eight-sixty-one Jasmine Street." I said, and I started to climb into the carriage.

VOA: special.2010.06.12

In one event, riders try to stay on a wild animal for eight seconds.

VOA: special.2009.02.16

Mister Pinero died of alcohol-related disease in nineteen eighty-eight at the age of forty-one.

VOA: special.2009.04.27

In eighteen sixty-eight, one of Mary Cassatt's paintings was accepted into the Paris Salon.

VOA: special.2009.07.12

In nineteen eighty-eight, at the age of sixty-one, Mister Chavez began another hunger strike.

VOA: special.2009.09.06

And ten years later, in two thousand eight, he was one of the first top Democrats to support a young senator seeking the party's nomination for president.

VOA: special.2009.08.29

One night in early eighteen ninety-eight, a powerful explosion sank the Maine.

VOA: special.2010.07.15

About one thousand athletes competed in nineteen sixty-eight.

VOA: special.2009.08.15