But one year in Brazil helped shape his development as a player.

VOA: special.2010.06.02

While in school, Benny got a job as a violin player with the Barrison Theater, the local vaudeville house.

VOA: special.2009.10.11

He wrote that a whole new public for music had developed as a result of the popularity of the radio and record player.

VOA: special.2009.06.21

He had no other books. As a violin player, Rudolf had no time to read much either, but then he lived in the cities.

VOA: special.2010.05.08

As a young man,he was interested in being a religious worker or a baseball player.

VOA: special.2009.08.30

He worked as a piano player and gave lessons in the guitar and mandolin.

VOA: special.2010.01.24

He has earned a lot of praise as a promising young player in Chicago.

VOA: special.2010.06.02

For a while she worked as a piano player for people studying singing.

VOA: special.2009.10.04

He was a twelve-string guitar player named-- also known as Lead Belly.

VOA: special.2010.01.18

At first,he was not seen as a great soccer player.

VOA: special.2010.06.25

He started as a professional football player.

VOA: special.2009.05.01

"A player who hasn't been playing for very long, I try to keep them next to the section player, or leader as we call it, that has been playing a while so they can always ask questions say, 'Hey,I don't know what that means.'" Matt is now in college, studying music education.

VOA: special.2010.06.21

Ghana coach Rajevac describes Forlan as a fine player and his team will need to beware of Uruguay's attacking threat.

VOA: standard.2010.07.01

That talent has made him a two-time Most Valuable Player, as well as a reigning Olympic gold medalist as a member of the U.S national team that won in Beijing in 2008.

VOA: standard.2010.07.08

Wooden who grew up in small towns in Indiana became a member of the U.S.Basketball Hall of Fame as both a player and as a coach, the first person to earn both distinctions.

VOA: standard.2010.06.05

In nearby Saudi Arabia, which is an important player as well as a key moral force in the Arab and Islamic world, there appeared to be a quiet sense of enjoyment over the news.

VOA: standard.2009.10.09

He noted,however,that the U.S. considers Iran to be an important player related to Afghanistan, and sees the issue as a very productive area for engagement in the future Anticipating President Barack Obama's Strategic Review on Afghanistan and Pakistan, Mohammad Mehdi Akhonzadeh said Iran expects measurable change, not rhetoric from the United States.

VOA: standard.2009.03.27