Researcher Laura Nauman noted that we live in a time of social media, and personal photographs are everywhere.

VOA: special.2009.11.24

"I think Dubai went a little bit too fast and they borrowed too much money in a very short period of time."

VOA: special.2009.12.04

He wrote a book about the final years in the political life of a long-time mayor of Boston,Massachusetts.

VOA: special.2010.04.11

They also were shocked by the way British forces brutally crushed a rebellion in Ireland at the time.

VOA: special.2010.10.07

Benjamin Hooks was born in Memphis,Tennessee, at a time when the southern city discriminated against blacks in all areas of public life.

VOA: special.2010.04.24

To others,they are enemies of the public health in a time of what the World Health Organization calls a "global obesity epidemic."

VOA: special.2010.04.12

Some people enjoy spending a lot of time in their homes to make them nice places to live.

VOA: special.2010.03.28

One writer who has spent a lot of time in the Grand Canyon finds it a peaceful place.

VOA: special.2009.10.07

She used the time in a hospital to write letters in support of an American Red Cross organization.

VOA: special.2009.07.26

A youngster who develops diabetes in his teens may need a kidney transplant by the time he's thirty."

VOA: special.2010.06.07

Later,I got a telephone call from a friend whom I had not seen in a long time.

VOA: special.2009.05.03

In a time of economic downturn,it says, college students are depending on credit cards more than ever.

VOA: special.2009.05.28

The Democratic Party had a much more difficult time choosing a candidate for president in eighteen sixty-eight.

VOA: special.2010.02.11

One critic calls it the first television show in a long time that is just plain fun.

VOA: special.2010.01.08