For her the idea that birds have come from dinosaurs is just common knowledge and there's nothing surprising in that at all."

VOA: special.2009.12.01

He showed her the little silver bottle and told her what the medicine inside it might do.

VOA: special.2009.05.30

She demanded that Nate give her the lamp to hold so that he could have all the light he needed to help Maudie.

VOA: special.2010.01.09

They gave her the bank book to show if anyone questioned the honesty of their marriage agency.

VOA: special.2010.04.24

While her mother taught her to love poetry, her father gave her the gift of storytelling.

VOA: special.2010.04.18

Years later her love for the blues would earn her the title "Queen of the Blues."

VOA: special.2009.06.12

The director Sydney Pollack called her the most important actress of the late twentieth century.

VOA: special.2009.05.29

BENNY: "Oh,all over." SECRETARY: " Well,where?" ALLEN: "Well,just -- just tell her the important dates,Jack."

VOA: special.2009.03.09

She says a Denver newspaper reporter first called her the unsinkable Mrs.Brown in a story.

VOA: special.2010.03.08

Many people consider her the most influential social science researcher of the twentieth century.

VOA: special.2010.01.17

In nineteen eighty-three, President Ronald Reagan awarded her the Presidential Medal of Freedom.

VOA: special.2010.08.08

In nineteen ninety-three President Bill Clinton awarded her the National Medal of Arts.

VOA: special.2010.01.25

Her fingers told her the true size, and the feel of the material.

VOA: special.2009.11.15

We asked her what gave her the idea to begin this event.

VOA: special.2009.03.25