"I don't think I'm an eccentric, no! I'm just something from New England that was very American and brought up by two extremely intelligent people.

VOA: special.2009.09.20

"I'm an optimist, and I think if you're a pessimist that's just an excuse for inaction."

VOA: standard.2010.02.24

If you're evera shrimp boat captain, that's the dayI'm an astronaut!

VOA: standard.other

And knowing that I'm helping other people." Mary Holt has been an active volunteer for the last thirty years.

VOA: special.2010.07.16

Supporters of G.M.foods say they can help feed an estimated three billion more people by the middle of the century.

VOA: special.2010.03.23

Martin Edwards is an assistant professor at Seton Hall University in New Jersey who has written about the I.M.F.

VOA: special.2009.10.02

She says M.R.Robinson saw an imbalance between recognition of success in sports and of that in the arts.

VOA: special.2011.05.27

I'm Bob Doughty. And I'm Shirley Griffith. Today we tell about efforts to save an island in the American state of Maryland.

VOA: special.2009.10.06

And I'm Faith Lapidus. What would you like in an English learning mobile app if you could have one designed just for you?

VOA: special.2011.03.22

That year, an observatory official,V.M.Slipher, offered a young man a job working with the new telescope.

VOA: special.2010.07.11

People can also transfer money to other mobile phone users, even those without an M-Pesa account.

VOA: special.2009.11.02

I'm Barbara Klein. Rounder Records is an independent music company celebrating its fortieth anniversary.

VOA: special.2010.04.19

"My whole life,I'm like, I'm Mexican and I'm really -- I'm a proud Mexican-American and I swear I was an Aztec princess in my past life.

VOA: special.2010.09.13

I'm Doug Johnson. Today on our program, we visit an art exhibit by film director Tim Burton, play music by Vampire Weekend, and answer a question about religion in America.

VOA: special.2010.03.05