He was honored for his art of description and his ability to create, with wit and humor, new kinds of characters.

VOA: special.2009.03.13

And Morgan Freeman is nominated for his role as former South African president Nelson Mandela in the film "Invictus."

VOA: special.2010.03.01

And what did Scoresby do this time C he just mistook his left hand for his right handthat was all.

VOA: special.2010.03.27

In the nineteen sixties, Ray Davis Junior used the mine for his work showing the existence of solar neutrinos.

VOA: special.2009.07.21

Mohammed Bah Abba personally financed the first five thousand pot-in-pot systems for his own community and five villages nearby.

VOA: special.2009.02.09

Ted Gioia says the folklorist largely paid for his travels with royalty money from the Weavers' recording of "Good Night,Irene."

VOA: special.2010.01.25

It all started after his father decided that there was no longer enough room in east Texas for his family.

VOA: special.2009.11.28

The government decided to give him the highest award of the Atomic Energy Commission for his work on atomic energy.

VOA: special.2009.06.14

The report said that Joshua Norton had no real money - not even enough to pay for his burial.

VOA: special.2009.12.14

The Judge had writen it at the same day that John asked him for the money for his first hunting trip.

VOA: special.2010.06.26

"The plane is still very high and it's quite clear that he's not coming in for his bombing run.

VOA: special.2010.01.31

On March fourth, eighteen sixty-nine, Ulysses Grant traveled to Washington for his inauguration as the eighteenth president of the United States.

VOA: special.2010.02.11

Last year, Joel Selanikio received the Lemuelson-MIT Award for Sustainability for his work in public health and international development.

VOA: special.2010.05.03

If his plan failed, he could offer them in exchange for his own freedom and that of his men.

VOA: special.2009.06.25