John Glenn, the former astronaut who was then a senator from Ohio, put it this way: "I know the Great Lakes.

VOA: special.2009.01.05

And I think that Nancy's great sense of, you know,fighting for justice and helping others was a great inspiration."

VOA: special.2009.08.24

"I thought it was great. I'd been waiting for it to come out, so I was really excited.

VOA: special.2010.06.14

I decided the best plan was to search for gold in the great deserts of the American Southwest.

VOA: special.2010.07.10

Neither "As I Lay Dying" nor "The Sound and the Fury" was a great success.

VOA: special.2010.01.10

It was enough to be in the presence of this great anchor I so admired, and to realize he was not above having a beer at the end of a very long broadcast with low-level support people.

VOA: special.2009.08.16

It was one of the best experiences I've had in Asia. Great fun,very safe and very comfortable vehicles too."

VOA: standard.2010.06.14

"I was driving the boat, and a lot of people think that was a great thing and so forth,".

VOA: standard.2009.06.02

Forrest! Now, when I was a baby, Mama named me afterthe great Civil War hero General Nathan Bedford Forrest.

VOA: standard.other

"It was a great help, because at that point, I really needed that money to help (buy) equipment, and with the rent.

VOA: standard.2010.05.06

"I'm in the finals,it feels great,". "I knew that I was ready to run fast and I knew regardless of what happened I could win this race.

VOA: standard.2009.08.22

But I was always a great believer, and I learned this experientially, of trying to keep your mind open and receptive and not be judgmental too quickly because that shuts down creativity."

VOA: standard.2010.07.20

The title comes from one of her thoughts during this time: "These were the lovely bones that had grown around my absence: the connections - sometimes tenuous, sometimes made at great cost, but often magnificent that happened after I was gone."

VOA: standard.2010.01.08