Lucresi cannot!" Fortunato turned, and still holding me by the arm, pulled me down the street to my home.

VOA: special.2009.02.07

Here Todd Duncan sings "O Tixo,Tixo,Help Me" from the opera "Lost in the Stars" composed by Kurt Weill.

VOA: special.2010.03.07

That was a good joke on me. By jingo, I'll bet I did jump six and nine-tenths inches.

VOA: special.2009.05.04

I was not old enough to get the official document that would permit me to drive by myself.

VOA: special.2010.01.30

I thought the heart must burst. And now a new fear seized me -- the sound would be heard by a neighbor!

VOA: special.2009.05.16

The name of that song is "Dang Me." It was written and recorded by Roger Miller in nineteen-sixty-five.

VOA: special.2010.10.03

"Wake Me Up When September Ends" is by the band Green Day from their album "American Idiot."

VOA: special.2009.11.09

"You tell me." "The Taking of Pelham 123" was based on a book by John Godey.

VOA: special.2009.06.12

"Well,we need to have your hubby pop by. He can give me his personal details, I'll make a frank appraisal and then we'll take it from there."

VOA: special.2010.12.13

"When I was reared in the British West Indies my grandmother used to always tell me, you may not be loved by certain forces in a society and you have to understand why.

VOA: special.2011.03.20

And in Washington this was the reaction: "To be honest,I do not feel that I deserve to be in the company of so many of the transformative figures who have been honored by this prize men and women who have inspired me, and inspired the entire world through their courageous pursuit of peace.

VOA: special.2009.10.10

Whereas it is the duty of all nations to acknowledge the providence of almighty God, to obey his will, to be grateful for his benefits, and humbly to implore his protection and favor and whereas both houses of Congress have by their joint committee requested me "to recommend to the people of the United States a day of public thanksgiving and prayer to be observed by acknowledging with grateful hearts the many signal favors of Almighty God, especially by affording them an opportunity peaceably to establish a form of government for their safety and happiness."

VOA: special.2009.11.23

"She's With Me" was inspired by his eight-year-old granddaughter Haley, who has a rare degenerative brain disorder.

VOA: standard.2009.08.04

"What bothers me the most is that every month that goes by, more people are harmed by a drug that people simply don't need."

VOA: standard.2010.03.02