Small towns in the Appalachian Mountains needed nurse-midwives and I went to a town called Truitt, my father's first name.

VOA: special.2009.02.14

In two thousand two, he released his first album, "Waiting for My Rocket to Come."

VOA: special.2010.01.29

I want you for my first friend in New York. Mine's Eva Lovelace.

VOA: special.2009.09.20

First,you have to understand that my brother is one in a million.

VOA: special.2010.09.12

Outline.So the first step in terms of my writing is outline."

VOA: special.2009.10.12

"I would say my first one. It was in New York.

VOA: special.2009.11.23

"Actually my first name is Charles. When I was in the military they would always assume that somebody had mis-keyed the M versus the F and would house me with a male roommate or such."

VOA: special.2009.07.06

"I remember when my daddy first gave me that gun, he told me that I should never point at anything in the house, and that I could shoot all the blue jays I wanted, if I could hit them.

VOA: special.2010.07.08

"As President,I will sign a Universal Health Care plan into law by the end of my first term in office."

VOA: standard.2010.03.25

I did not know I can win that race, but from the first time in my life the experience, the world championships,the seniors, I could not believe it,".

VOA: standard.2009.08.25

"I feel so strongly that this country is headed, fiscally,in a horrible direction, and for the first time in my adult life, we have a Congress that will not listen to the people, and we are fed up and we want them to listen to us."

VOA: standard.2010.03.16

because in disasters such as this, the first hours and days are absolutely critical in saving lives and avoiding greater tragedy, I have directed my team to be as forward leaning as possible in getting the help on the ground and coordinating with our international partners as well,"

VOA: standard.2010.01.13