President Roosevelt had this painting hung in the White House as a celebration of American art and engineering.

VOA: special.2009.03.23

An eighteen ninety-three guidebook called "Modern Etiquette in Public and Private" had this to say: "Long fingers are a sign of refinement.

VOA: special.2009.02.25

President Obama had this reaction to Thursday's report on the gross domestic product a wide measure of goods and services in the economy.

VOA: special.2009.10.30

"We've only had this technology around for about fifteen years, and most carcinogens will take about several decades, thirty-forty years to develop a cancer.

VOA: special.2011.06.06

The top official of an American city recently had this experience.

VOA: special.2009.07.14

"The eyes light up and click. It happens -- 'I didn't know you had this.'" Jenny Johnson is the executive director of marketing for the Online Computer Library Center.

VOA: special.2011.07.11

Franz Josef Hildinger had this advice: Education is everything.

VOA: special.2011.02.12

Professor Evans had this advice for our listener.

VOA: special.2009.07.06

"It was completely flattened. I just had this huge sense of, 'oh,thank goodness we can now start to move forward'."

VOA: standard.2009.03.21

" Any of the crises we have seen since the second World War, you have not had this level of international cooperation."

VOA: standard.2009.04.01

Class Valedictorian Melissa Diaz, whose mom also graduated from Hostos, had this to say about tonight's "local girl makes very very good" story.

VOA: standard.2010.06.05

They don't print books. I have had this experience - a publisher received paper on which to print my work two years ago, but hasn't printed it yet."

VOA: standard.2010.08.09

One day after Cuban President Raul Castro called for open dialogue with the United States, Mr.Obama had this to say: "The United States seeks a new beginning with Cuba.

VOA: standard.2009.04.17

and women love those kinds of things. It had this catchy little punch line, 'Giddy on up and giddy on out,' which is very representative of my sense of humor."

VOA: standard.2010.06.18