He had created a collection of music that stretched far past himself and his times.

VOA: special.2009.11.22

The number of visitors has increased by ten times in the past fifteen years.

VOA: special.2009.06.03

A government report this week said people on a terrorism watch list legally bought guns and explosives more than one thousand times in the past six years.

VOA: special.2010.05.08

As has happened many times in the past, they are hoping that customers will flock back, once they get accustomed to the higher prices.

VOA: standard.2009.09.19

The Japanese government bailed out the airline three times in the past 10 years, but it could not save the company from bankruptcy this time around.

VOA: standard.2010.02.01

as they have in times past." Mr.Ahmedinejad also blasted "foreign intervention and extremism,"

VOA: standard.2009.05.24

"We believe that, with the experience of Thailand handling this situation in the past two decades, where at times there were several hundred thousand came over the Thai borders this is,on one hand,serious issue,"

VOA: standard.2009.06.09

But,as factory bosses are forced to offer higher pay to prevent strikes, (what does this mean for the faltering global economy?) The West has relied on cheap goods from China to help fuel the boom times of the past two decades.

VOA: standard.2010.06.24

In addition to Bolt, who claimed the title last year and Federer, who has won it four times in the past, Ethiopian track star Kenesisa Bekele, Spanish cycling champion Alberto Contador, Argentinian football hero Lionel Messi and motor cycling's Valentino Rossi of Italy are also in the running.

VOA: standard.2010.02.11