It about a newly wealthy black family that moved into a New York City high-rise with mostly white neighbors.

VOA: special.2009.05.04

He also tried hypnosis. He wanted to see if putting patients into a sleep-like condition would help ease troubled minds.

VOA: special.2010.04.13

The foundation says ninety-five percent are accepted into a university graduate program within one year of getting a fellowship.

VOA: special.2009.09.24

It has grown into a huge event that brings together musicians, record companies,filmmakers, reporters and radio programmers from around the world.

VOA: special.2009.04.03

The coffee boiled on the stove and Olive poured some into a pot and carried it to the barn.

VOA: special.2010.01.09

A teacher may use it when she walks into a room where the students are playing and talking, instead of studying.

VOA: special.2009.01.11

Brown moved his men and the most important of his hostages into a small brick building at the armory.

VOA: special.2009.06.25

When the roots show through the holes in the bottom of the pot, transplant each seedling into a twelve centimeter pot.

VOA: special.2009.04.21

And unless it is quickly contained, he says, it could grow into a crisis involving Guinea, Sierra Leone and Ivory Coast.

VOA: special.2009.01.27

They believe students are owed a good grade simply because they put a lot of effort into a class.

VOA: special.2009.03.12

He had a system. He would describe characters and plots, then have ghostwriters expand those ideas into a book.

VOA: special.2009.08.24

She spent her later years turning her home and art collection into a beautiful museum for the public to enjoy.

VOA: special.2009.01.11

It made the ice thin. If he stepped there, he might break through the ice into a pool of water.

VOA: special.2010.05.01

It might help some get into a top college, but only if they have above-average scores in the first place.

VOA: special.2009.09.17