Scott Brown won a seat in Massachusetts that had been held by Democrat Ted Kennedy for almost fifty years.

VOA: special.2010.01.23

So were twelve and a half percent of Asians and almost nine and a half percent of non-Hispanic whites.

VOA: special.2010.09.18

When it was almost time for the sun to rise, she quietly left her house and hurried through the forest.

VOA: special.2010.04.03

The Cremation Association of North America says cremations were used in almost thirty-five percent of funerals in two thousand seven.

VOA: special.2009.12.11

This year's Forbes magazine list of the world's richest people estimated her wealth at almost two and a half billion dollars.

VOA: special.2010.04.16

The world's largest drug company has agreed to pay almost two and a half billion dollars for illegal marketing of medicines.

VOA: special.2009.09.11

On May third, the Cumberland River measured almost sixteen meters, more than three and a half meters above flood stage.

VOA: special.2010.05.17

From that time until she was almost seven years old, Helen could communicate only by making signs with her hands.

VOA: special.2009.11.08

So I felt the story of a nation trying to industrialize C almost overnight C was perfect for me."

VOA: special.2009.05.10

"For a couple hundred years we've had names which have switched gender but they almost always switch from male to female.

VOA: special.2009.07.06

In July of nineteen sixty-nine he was almost speechless when Neil Armstrong became the first person to walk on the moon.

VOA: special.2009.08.16

Now,late payments are growing. Almost three percent of commercial mortgages were reported at least ninety days late between April and June.

VOA: special.2009.09.04

Last year,Doctor Chan reported that a long-term study of almost fifty thousand men showed that aspirin can help prevent colon cancer.

VOA: special.2009.09.01

But Chinese exports fell almost 3% in December from a year earlier - the sharpest drop in at least 10 years.

VOA: special.2009.01.16