Both became lawyers. They each served in the Illinois state legislature before serving one term in the United States Congress.

VOA: special.2009.07.24

NASA warned the three astronauts inside about one hour before the object was to reach the area of the station.

VOA: special.2009.04.01

Many of the matches were fixed. The wrestlers knew before the match which one of them would be the winner.

VOA: special.2010.02.21

My brother planned to have a glass of beer with his friends a quick one C before he went home.

VOA: special.2009.07.19

He says each new version of one bill is weaker and less effective than the one before it.

VOA: special.2010.04.21

Just before sunrise on April twelfth, eighteen sixty-one, the first shot was fired in the American Civil War.

VOA: special.2009.08.13

It was one of the last films produced by Metro Pictures Corporation before it became part of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer,or MGM, in nineteen twenty-four.

VOA: special.2011.02.18

That leaves just four. I want to see the last one fall before it gets dark.Then I'll go,too."

VOA: special.2009.08.01

So,Republican Congressman William McKinley of Ohio proposed a new tariff bill -- one that would raise import taxes higher than ever before.

VOA: special.2010.06.03

He said that never before had he spoken to a group as troubled and worried as the one he spoke to now.

VOA: special.2009.03.19

One hour before landing, Lovell,Swigert and Haise said thanks and goodbye to their lifeboat, the lunar module.

VOA: special.2009.07.22

Also,companies will have to send out billing statements at least twenty-one days before a payment is owed.

VOA: special.2009.05.22

For example, a student says "preclude" instead of "precede" when talking about one event coming before another.

VOA: special.2010.01.28

Homestake operated as a gold mine for one hundred twenty-five years before closing about nine years ago.

VOA: special.2009.07.21