he whispered. He gave the remaining glass of whiskey to Henry just as the clock began to strike midnight.

VOA: special.2009.07.04

In the early years of the war, Confederate forces had moved through the valley to strike northern territory.

VOA: special.2009.12.03

That means it is easier for planes with only two engines to strike a flock of birds and lose power in both engines.

VOA: special.2009.04.01

Brown decided to strike at Harpers Ferry, a small town about one hundred kilometers from Washington.

VOA: special.2009.06.25

Should Mexico attack, Taylor and his men were to strike back as hard as possible.

VOA: special.2009.02.19

And he must build an army to strike at enemy forces in Virginia.

VOA: special.2009.09.03

Pope had ordered Porter to strike at the right end of Jackson's lines.

VOA: special.2009.09.24

Government attempts to strike peace deals with the militants have not stopped the fighting and have sparked criticism from U.S.officials.

VOA: standard.2009.05.05

What is important for the government is to strike the balance between the growth and the stability,".

VOA: standard.2009.10.16

They are trying to strike a deal that would see a Conservative-led government take power in Britain.

VOA: standard.2010.05.10

South Korean Finance Minister Yoon Jeung-hyun,the host, says leaders have agreed to strike a balance.

VOA: standard.2010.06.05

U.S.envoy George Mitchell hopes to strike a deal for a meeting next week among Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, and U.S.President Barack Obama.

VOA: standard.2009.09.13

The American Liver Foundation says one in 10 Asian Americans have the virus, a disease that's 100 times more likely to strike Asian Americans than other ethnic groups.

VOA: standard.2010.07.26

President Richard Nixon invaded Cambodia in 1970 to strike the sanctuaries.

VOA: standard.2009.09.09

"We are not changing our strategy, our strategy remains to achieve the goal of disrupting,dismantling and defeating al Qaida and its extremist allies, and denying them safe haven and the capacity to strike us here in London, or New York or anywhere else,"

VOA: standard.2009.10.12

"When the skipper on the Ady Gil saw the Shonan Maru moving in to strike him, he put his engines in reverse to get out of the way, which probably saved some of his crew but it ripped the front end of the vessel off and caused catastrophic damage to the Ady Gil,"

VOA: standard.2010.01.06

"We should take the Pakistani Taliban, and specifically the so-called TTP, Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan, at their word, "Their leaders have been saying for some time that they want to strike targets outside their own region, and they've talked about the United States, they've talked about the U.K.

VOA: standard.2010.05.05

Barbara Klein has more. Katrina was the costliest and one of the deadliest hurricanes to ever strike the United States.

VOA: special.2010.01.22

The union leaders said they were willing to have the president appoint an independent committee to settle the strike.

VOA: special.2010.08.12

They finally agreed to send federal troops to Chicago -- where the strike had started -- to enforce federal postal laws.

VOA: special.2010.06.24

A short time later,state soldiers were used to break up a strike by railroad workers in New York.

VOA: special.2010.06.10

In two thousand eight Norway opened a so-called doomsday vault designed to be secure from any threat -- even an asteroid strike.

VOA: special.2010.08.24

In West Virginia in nineteen twelve, violence connected to a miners' strike led to her trial and conviction for conspiracy to murder.

VOA: special.2009.03.16

One of Palmer's first actions as Attorney General was to prevent coal miners from going on strike.

VOA: special.2010.12.09