He continued to broadcast on VOA until not long before his death in 1996, at the age of 75.

VOA: special.2009.01.30

In that event,astronomers were able to observe the icy comet long before it struck the solar system's biggest planet.

VOA: special.2009.08.25

He died long before the search for Planet X resulted in the discovery of Pluto.

VOA: special.2010.07.11

Tennessee said yes to women's basketball long before it was a popular thing to do.

VOA: special.2009.03.20

And officials said the study had begun long before the latest debate on health reform.

VOA: special.2009.11.25

Haiti was considered to be in crisis long before the earthquake in January.

VOA: special.2010.02.15

It was not long before American soldiers reached the European continent.

VOA: special.2010.10.21

But long before Fiedler picked up the baton, the Boston Pops had carved out a niche, bringing light orchestral music to wide audiences.

VOA: standard.2010.07.28

Georgian political analyst Romaz Sakbarelidze at the Strategic Research Center in Tbilisi noted the NATO exercises were planned long before the August conflict, and said it would send the wrong political signal to cancel them now.

VOA: standard.2009.04.30

Deep into that darkness peering, long I stood there wondering, fearing,Doubting, dreaming dreams no mortal ever dared to dream before;

VOA: special.2010.10.31

Before long, he controlled ninety-five percent of the oil processing industry in the United States.

VOA: special.2010.02.25

An open book is before them. They wear the long, full dresses of their day.

VOA: special.2010.04.16

Missus Kennedy jumped up and grabbed Mister Kennedy. She called 'Oh,no!'" Before long,though, there were pictures, with Cronkite at his desk in the CBS newsroom in New York.

VOA: special.2009.08.16

And before long,he says, winds carried the disease from Kenya to Ethiopia.

VOA: special.2009.08.18