I then replaced the wooden boards so well that no human eye -- not even his -- could have seen anything wrong.

VOA: special.2009.05.16

And..Sola! I would have you greet your father -- Tars Tarkas -- a great leader among your people.

VOA: special.2010.07.31

I could see that the word w-a-t-e-r meant something wonderful and cool that flowed over her hand.

VOA: special.2009.11.08

I put Helen's hand under the cool water and formed the word w-a-t-e-r in her other hand.

VOA: special.2009.11.08

The Seattle P-I was one hundred forty-six years old -- the oldest daily newspaper in Washington state.

VOA: special.2009.03.21

As I watched the fierce-looking creatures, I failed to hear twenty full-grown Martians coming from behind me.

VOA: special.2011.07.16

But I do not recognize the right to waste them, nor to rob -- by wasteful use -- the generations that come after us."

VOA: special.2010.08.12

"In addition to the deaths, there's about two-point-five billion and I want to emphasize, about two-point-five billion cases of diarrhea among children every year."

VOA: special.2009.11.17

"My whole life,I'm like, I'm Mexican and I'm really -- I'm a proud Mexican-American and I swear I was an Aztec princess in my past life.

VOA: special.2010.09.13

I haven't quite confirmed them yet, but probably a hotel ballroom-type scenario, black-tie event."

VOA: special.2009.12.28

When I had waited a long time, without hearing him lie down, I decided to open a little -- a very,very little -- crack in the lantern.

VOA: special.2009.05.16

The B-M-I of someone overweight is between twenty-five and twenty-nine point five.

VOA: special.2009.07.21

A normal B-M-I is between eighteen point five and twenty-four point nine.

VOA: special.2009.07.21

And you can experience it all on the Internet at americanhistory-dot-s-i-dot-e-d-u.

VOA: special.2010.01.11