The famous Russian-born ballet director George Balanchine created his own version of "The Nutcracker" for the New York City Ballet.

VOA: special.2010.12.22

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

One newspaper in Calhoun's state of South Carolina said: "The senator's death is best for the country and his own honor.

VOA: special.2009.04.02

His mind had lost its sharpness. This did not worry Buchanan, because he had planned to be his own foreign minister.

VOA: special.2009.05.14

He apparently did not feel at ease playing with a big band, even one that followed his own musical ideas.

VOA: special.2009.05.03

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

VOA: special.2009.06.25

She's done a lot for me." Dave Sharpe established Pets2Vets as a result of his experience with his own dog.

VOA: special.2009.12.11

(talking) But after doing his own research, he learned that building with straw bales makes a lot of sense.

VOA: special.2009.10.05

Liev Schreiber does an excellent job of expressing his characters growing anger toward Rodolpho and his own problematic love for Catherine.

VOA: special.2010.03.12

Anderson told Faulknerto develop his own way of writing, and to use material from his own part of the country.

VOA: special.2010.01.03

He made his own breakfast for the first time in many years, he was still angry with his father.

VOA: special.2009.03.07

But Chesley Sullenberger is also an expert on air safety, including accident investigations, and even has his own consulting business.

VOA: special.2009.01.30

But a vote in Congress this week showed weakening support for President Obama's war policy among members of his own party.

VOA: special.2010.07.31

Shakespeare may have borrowed from other writers, but the intensity of his imagination and language made the plays his own.

VOA: special.2010.01.13