The bullets had hit the steel. The force of the bullets had knocked him down, but had not hurt him.

VOA: special.2010.03.17

Kristen Iversen says he did become rich, but not until they had been married for seven years and had two children.

VOA: special.2010.03.08

I saw that he was fat and had no hair, and had a gentle and simple look upon his peaceful face.

VOA: special.2009.08.29

He suggested that Western critics had never known real hunger, and wondered if they had ever watched their children go hungry.

VOA: special.2009.09.22

A century or so later, a greenhorn was a soldier who had not yet had any experience in battle.

VOA: special.2010.05.23

He found that conditions had become worse for many people who had lost their land and fled the Dust Bowl.

VOA: special.2010.06.13

For years, he had always been planning to paint a work of art, but had never yet begun it.

VOA: special.2009.08.01

Some years earlier, he had asked several people to invest in a gold mine he had in Death Valley.

VOA: special.2011.08.03

His mind had lost its sharpness. This did not worry Buchanan, because he had planned to be his own foreign minister.

VOA: special.2009.05.14

Since the anti-trust law had been passed in eighteen ninety, few companies had been found guilty of violating it.

VOA: special.2010.08.05

He had been on the first exploratory trip to the mountain that had mapped the way up from the southern side.

VOA: special.2010.06.30

They have had an effect on immigration. They have had an effect on the language used by mainstream politicians."

VOA: special.2011.07.30

He said Lincoln had removed Democrats friends of his -- from government jobs and had given the jobs to Republicans.

VOA: special.2009.08.13

Some Americans had trouble understanding the economic reason why food had to be destroyed so people could have enough to eat.

VOA: special.2011.03.24