He said his ideas about how parents should act were first formed because of her.

VOA: special.2009.03.15

The husband did not want Eartha to live with them because of her mixed race.

VOA: special.2009.06.07

Marian was shocked. Never before had anyone insulted her because of her race.

VOA: special.2009.01.18

She had developed an interest in poetry because of her mother, Thelma Sayles.

VOA: special.2010.04.18

She later was forced to stop painting because of her failing eyesight.

VOA: special.2009.07.12

Again,some people objected because of her race.

VOA: special.2009.11.30

Like others in the group, she was drawn to play because of her fascination with the music and the culture.

VOA: standard.2010.07.01

She earned the nickname "Koko" because of her love for chocolate.

VOA: standard.2009.06.18

"And we want justice." Leyda's mother,Mely, says that because of her status, she has been unable to return to Equador to see the rest of her family for 18 years.

VOA: standard.2010.03.21

Secretary of State Hillary Clinton was to have attended the G-8 ministerial, and a weekend meeting of OSCE foreign ministers in Greece, but had to cancel because of her recent surgery for a broken elbow.

VOA: standard.2009.06.24

She says high school students respect her because they know she was able to attend college because of Hoop Dreams.

VOA: special.2009.01.28

He said the world knows of her because of a single act of bravery that struck a deadly blow to racial hatred.

VOA: special.2009.03.08

He wished he had not talked to Beatrice because now he felt under the power of her beauty.

VOA: special.2009.05.23

She was eighty-nine years old. In her later years, she was forced to live a simple life because of lack of money.

VOA: special.2009.03.29

She was in Paris. Some of her stories were never used because it took too long for them to reach the magazine.

VOA: special.2010.04.25

She is extremely happy because this man is the apple of her eye, a very special person.

VOA: special.2009.09.06

Something was ready to explode inside of her because she could not make people understand her.

VOA: special.2009.11.08

She says this is because her parents taught her about the value of hard work.

VOA: special.2009.07.17