During the first half of the nineteenth century, leaders of the United States could find no answer to the question of slavery.

VOA: special.2009.03.26

He was not always a clergyman. During the first half of his life, he was a teacher in the military school at Woolwich.

VOA: special.2009.01.03

He was not always a clergyman. During the first half of his life he was a teacher in the military school at Woolwich.

VOA: special.2011.03.26

The Center for Venture Research at the University of New Hampshire says angel investing fell more than six percent nationwide in the first half of last year.

VOA: special.2011.01.14

The World Gold Council says, in the first half of the year, India's gold imports slumped by 26 percent, dropping to their lowest level in six years.

VOA: standard.2009.09.19

Ghana was forced to fight short-handed after seeing defender Daniel Addo sent off by the Belgian referee following what seemed like an innocuous tackle in the first half.

VOA: standard.2009.10.17

Playing in front of 72,546 wildly cheering partisan fans just 145-kilometers from their campus in East Lansing (Michigan), Michigan State jumped out to an early 9-2 lead and finished the first half with a 38-36 advantage.

VOA: standard.2009.04.05

The U.S.took the lead after several near misses in the first half, after striker Jozy Altidore took a pass from Clint Dempsey and held off two Spanish defenders, then slammed a shot off the hands of Spanish goalkeeper Iker Casillas and into the net.

VOA: standard.2009.06.24

Helen was their first child. Until she was a year-and-one-half old, Helen Keller was just like any other child.

VOA: special.2009.11.08

The three-and-a-half percent growth was the first expansion in more than a year, and the strongest in two years.

VOA: special.2009.10.30

But close to half a million confirmed cases were reported to the World Health Organization as of November first.

VOA: special.2009.11.11

Then the first man would speak for half an hour to close the debate.

VOA: special.2009.06.11

Two-and-one-half minutes after the Apollo Eleven launch, the first-stage rocket separated from the spacecraft.

VOA: special.2009.07.15

Malaria,diarrhea,and typhoid- water-related diseases that are not fatal in First World countries- cause half of the child deaths in Yemen.

VOA: standard.2010.04.01