Mr.Kolpan is a writer and a professor of wine studies at the Culinary Institute of America.

VOA: special.2010.10.20

Mr.Lee is a graduate student in the School of Veterinary Medicine and Science at Nottingham University.

VOA: special.2010.12.07

Mr. Obama is taking command of a nation at war and an economy in crisis.

VOA: special.2009.01.24

Another of his works is called "Mr.Tambourine Man: Seven Poems of Bob Dylan."

VOA: special.2010.07.19

Mr.Henry is an executive director in the Anchorage School District in Alaska.

VOA: special.2010.07.20

Mr.FireCrow is a member of the Northern Cheyenne Nation of Montana.

VOA: special.2010.11.29

Another is Mr. Obama's national security adviser, retired general James Jones.

VOA: special.2009.01.23

Another children's book made into a movie is "Mr. Popper's Penguins."

VOA: special.2011.06.20

Mr.Potrykus is retired from the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology.

VOA: special.2011.03.01

Mr.Burke is sometimes called the most powerful alderman in Chicago.

VOA: special.2011.04.25

Mr.Hurd is married. He earned twenty-four million dollars last year.

VOA: special.2010.08.13

Mr.Pinsky is the only laureate to have been reappointed twice.

VOA: special.2011.01.31

Mr.Daley is a banking executive with extensive business experience.

VOA: special.2011.01.10

Ms.Clinton is Methodist and Mr.Mezvinsky is Jewish.

VOA: special.2010.08.09

It is not yet clear who Mr.Zardari is expected to meet with, or what concessions he may be prepared to make.

VOA: standard.2009.03.13

French President Nicolas Sarkozy is hosting a dinner for Mr.Talibani who is also expected to meet with French business leaders.

VOA: standard.2009.11.16