"We'll be up shortly," he said. A few minutes later, the astronauts were able to see each others' spacecraft.

VOA: special.2009.07.01

Then,shortly after sunset on April twelfth, Navy special operations forces feared that Captain Phillips' life was in immediate danger.

VOA: special.2009.05.27

"Shortly after taking office, I announced our new strategy for Iraq and for a transition to full Iraqi responsibility.

VOA: special.2010.08.07

Presumably,he will be taking the oath of office shortly, and become the thirty-sixth president of the United States."

VOA: special.2009.08.16

The C.R.U.became the object of widespread attention shortly before an international climate conference opened in Denmark last December.

VOA: special.2010.04.27

On January 15th, the engines of a US Airways plane lost power shortly after takeoff from LaGuardia Airport in New York City.

VOA: special.2009.01.30

The government built the Florida base shortly after the discovery of Soviet missiles about three hundred kilometers away, on the island of Cuba.

VOA: special.2009.06.30

Shortly after Borlaug's death, billionaire Bill Gates spoke at the World Food Prize symposium in Iowa.

VOA: special.2009.11.10

The spill comes shortly before the start of the fishing season for crab, shrimp and oysters.

VOA: special.2010.05.04

Kennedy was shot and killed in Los Angeles shortly after giving his victory speech.

VOA: special.2009.08.30

He was born in Saginaw,Michigan, in nineteen fifty and became blind shortly after birth.

VOA: special.2009.03.13

A third child was killed in a train accident shortly before Pierce was inaugurated.

VOA: special.2009.04.23

He said eight of them showed signs of autism shortly after receiving the vaccine.

VOA: special.2010.02.24

Shortly after Jackie Robinson signed the agreement with the Dodgers, he married Rachel Isum.

VOA: special.2009.04.05