Madam C.J.Walker explained it this way: "If I have accomplished anything in life, it is because I have been willing to work hard."

VOA: special.2010.03.28

This is when hard-working people can retire to a life of ease and fulfillment.

VOA: special.2010.06.06

Panico says in most of the hard hit communities, life is largely back to normal.

VOA: standard.2009.12.26

Making this life change is hard on all fishermen, but for the Vietnamese and Cambodians here, the language barrier is an added obstacle in trying to reach out to BP for work and compensation.

VOA: standard.2010.05.15