But he did not receive as much interest from the national media as other top players like Mickey Mantle and Willie Mays.

VOA: special.2010.04.11

The end of his first one reads like poetry as he appeals for unity in a country under threat of civil war.

VOA: special.2009.01.19

Sometimes a person may be upset because he does not have something as nice as a friend has, like a fast new car.

VOA: special.2009.11.15

To Rudolf, he seemed like the island strong as the rock the light house was built on.

VOA: special.2010.05.08

He coached famous players like Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, known then as Lew Alcindor, and Bill Walton.

VOA: special.2010.06.10

Well,he decided, he might as well take it like a man.

VOA: special.2010.05.01

Then he would fall down on the floor again like a ball of dirt and start rubbing the side of his head with his back foot as if he had no idea he had been doing any more than any frog might do.

VOA: special.2009.08.29

He explains that businesses such as Nuru Design are examples of what a "green economy" would be like.

VOA: standard.2010.02.24

"As much as I like Barack Obama, I just do not know that he has done enough to warrant such an honor."

VOA: standard.2009.10.09

And in Chicago. 'As much as I like Barack Obama, I just don't know that he has done enough to warrant such an honor,"

VOA: standard.2009.12.10

Now he would just like to walk again. TBI can lead to physical disabilities as well as changes in mental ability, personality and behavior.

VOA: standard.2010.05.25

The conflicts weigh on President Obama as he prepares to join the ranks of Nobel Peace Prize recipients men and women like Nelson Mandela;

VOA: standard.2009.12.10

He adds "While I feel like I'm starting over again as a novice, it's a welcome sacrifice in regaining some of the excitement I felt years ago."

VOA: standard.2010.04.12

He made a few blatant public relations gaffes, such as saying he would like to get his life back, after 11 people had been killed when the drilling rig exploded in April and oil continued to gush into the Gulf.

VOA: standard.2010.07.27