Leftist opponents said he was doing too little to end the depression.

VOA: special.2011.04.07

He was doing what he was famous for free-solo climbing.

VOA: special.2009.12.09

Then he stopped. He said: "I never,in all my life, felt more sure that I was doing right than I do in signing this paper.

VOA: special.2009.10.08

He says one way of doing so was to provide a fully-equipped telescope.

VOA: special.2009.10.27

He was able to stop doing low-paying jobs.

VOA: special.2010.05.16

Everything you see in Norman Rockwell pictures, he grew up doing and it was part of his life."

VOA: standard.2010.08.09

"Last year,he chastised me a little bit for taking so much risk and just never really thinking about what I was doing."

VOA: standard.2010.02.09

"I was at the USA House the other day talking to somebody about our student group, and I went on after our discussion, and then he came back and he came over and shook my hand and said how impressed he was with what we were doing."

VOA: standard.2010.02.26