I'm Sarah Long. Listen again next week for another PEOPLE IN AMERICA program on the Voice of America.

VOA: special.2010.07.04

And this I did for seven long nights -- but I found the eye always closed;

VOA: special.2009.05.16

"I was in a long distance relationship for about a year, and Skype really helped because you could actually see the other person when you are talking."

VOA: special.2009.09.14

And I know how long a piece they want. Then I daydream a lot, trying to figure out what might be interesting for that group to do."

VOA: special.2010.07.12

I had to walk a long way for the water.

VOA: special.2010.08.01

I sat for a long time.

VOA: special.2009.11.15

And though I now sink out of view and shall be forgotten, I believe I have made some marks which will tell for the cause of civil liberty long after I have gone."

VOA: special.2009.06.11

So,to get a sense of what the regional moisture patterns have been, dryness and wetness over such a long period of time in great detail, I would call it a kind of victory for paleoclimate science."

VOA: special.2010.05.25

"A player who hasn't been playing for very long, I try to keep them next to the section player, or leader as we call it, that has been playing a while so they can always ask questions say, 'Hey,I don't know what that means.'" Matt is now in college, studying music education.

VOA: special.2010.06.21

"It will for a long time, at least while I am alive. And it is not just trucks and heavy machinery.

VOA: standard.2009.09.02

"The music has just been a way of life for me for as long as I can remember."

VOA: standard.2010.07.06

"I am flabbergasted and amazed,actually," "I was a little shocked because I thought the timing was interesting in that he has not been in office for very long."

VOA: standard.2009.10.09

"I was one of these teenagers, and so I know how difficult it can be to break this habit when it's been with you for a long time,".

VOA: standard.2009.06.22

I didn't stay home for long because I'd madeapromise to Bubba, and I always tryto keep my promise, so I went on downto Bayou La Batre to meet Bubba's family.

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