At the age of thirty-three, he became one of the youngest doctors in the United States to hold that position.

VOA: special.2009.09.04

Senator John C.Calhoun of South Carolina said the committee should write a declaration explaining the position of the South.

VOA: special.2009.03.12

Last week, Mr.Hawass announced plans to resign from his position as head of the Ministry of State for Antiquities Affairs.

VOA: special.2011.03.08

The position of Secretary of State went to James Blaine, who had refused his party's requests to run for president.

VOA: special.2010.05.27

"Friendship,position,wealth everything that makes life desirable to an ambitious man were about to be swept away by my answer."

VOA: special.2010.01.28

It has been said that Napoleon was successful because he knew the field position of every one of his guns.

VOA: special.2009.11.01

He spent the last week in February writing what he believed to be the true position of the South.

VOA: special.2009.03.26

The difference in the apparent position of the cosmic masers lets astronomers measure their distance from the Earth.

VOA: special.2009.01.20

Some canopies have narrow strips of metal or wood to provide either sunlight or shade, depending on the position of the sun.

VOA: special.2011.08.09

If the Union force attacked before Stonewall Jackson got into position, Lee could not possibly hold it back.

VOA: special.2009.10.15

She wrote about how she battled her own insecurities to move from a traditional job as homemaker to a position of power.

VOA: special.2009.04.26

They believed he had said enough in the past to make clear his position on the important issues.

VOA: special.2009.07.09

The book entered The New York Times Best Sellers list at the number one position on September twenty-fifth.

VOA: special.2009.10.09

Scientists are able to measure the strength and position of earthquakes because there are hundreds of seismic monitoring stations around the world.

VOA: special.2011.06.07