He claimed that living in Illinois and Wisconsin -- where slavery was illegal -- had made him a free man.

VOA: special.2009.05.14

I made him work, over and over again, on a few questions about Caesar which I knew he would be asked.

VOA: special.2009.01.03

It will not hurt him now. My science and your love have made him different from ordinary men."

VOA: special.2009.05.30

But in Rome, German swimmer Paul Biedermann said the growing attention to the issue made him mad.

VOA: special.2009.08.01

The success of the Cat in the Hat made him want to write more books for children.

VOA: special.2010.05.02

His marriage to actress Julia Roberts made him an instant celebrity for reasons completely unrelated to music.

VOA: special.2010.02.19

His father took him out of school and made him take a job in a large company.

VOA: special.2009.04.11

Hannigton Segarunaya, national youth president of the Ugandan Red Cross Society, says the visit made him want to work harder to help people.

VOA: special.2009.07.01

He says his experiences made him want to learn about Third Man examples among other explorers.

VOA: special.2010.02.24

That experience made him believe that his future job was as a comedian, not in music.

VOA: special.2009.10.11

She legally made him her son. But Mizz McCune died soon after in an automobile accident.

VOA: special.2009.10.14

By some strange, lucky accident, he was asked no questions but those I made him study.

VOA: special.2009.01.03

By some strange,lucky accident, he was asked no questions but those I made him study.

VOA: special.2010.03.27

As the years passed, Leonard Bernstein's many musical skills made him known around the world.

VOA: special.2009.08.02

But it was on the Galapagos Islands off the coast of Ecuador that Darwin found creatures that made him wonder about how species develop and change.

VOA: special.2009.02.25