But others say music like Lead Belly's would never have become widely known if it wasn't for the work of John Lomax.

VOA: special.2010.01.18

It wasn't easy, but we slowly rebuilt those neighborhoods one block at a time, and in the process I received the best education I ever had."

VOA: special.2009.01.12

Actually, I also saw 'Robin Hood.' It was definitely an epic film but it was really dark and gloomy, so I wasn't as big of a fan of that."

VOA: special.2010.06.14

"I wasn't gone.I was alive in my own perfect world, but in my heart I knew it wasn't perfect.

VOA: standard.2010.01.08

which everybody knows isn't true, but Mama said it was justa little white lie, so it wasn't hurting nobody.

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But it wasn't always so. The rise of the soybean in America is a 20th-century phenomenon.

VOA: standard.2010.02.01

"(It comes) from a comic book that has had three lives and wasn't necessarily successful, but I love the idea that it refused to die.

VOA: standard.2010.06.20

In an interview via Skype, Mia Hashibe said there was a weak link between cancer risk and drinking decaffeinated coffee, but it wasn't statistically significant.

VOA: standard.2010.06.30

But if it wasn't for the taxpayers, I mean,we wouldn't be here."

VOA: standard.2010.07.29

But Kakutani says it wasn't as simple as it sounds.

VOA: standard.2010.07.14

But somebody thoughtthat it wasn't.

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