"It all started in 2000 in Kemerovo region, when my friend and his 8-year-old daughter died in a car crash."

VOA: standard.2010.05.19

We found it in a baby book. And then Michael we named after my husband's good friend and my father."

VOA: special.2009.07.06

He gave it to Dupin. My friend examined the check carefully and put it in his pocket.

VOA: special.2009.12.26

Carla was from a friend. William was from my husband's uncle and Ashley we just picked."

VOA: special.2009.07.06

I did as my friend asked me to do and this story is the result.

VOA: special.2009.08.29

"Magnolia is wonderful. The first time I went I got a red velvet and a dark chocolate with mocha frosting and split it with my best friend.

VOA: special.2010.04.12

My friend Call and I started visiting Hiram Wallace.

VOA: special.2009.02.14

Soon my friend was down and out again.

VOA: special.2009.10.04

"My dad was my father,of course, he was a friend in many ways and he was also my boss when we were working.

VOA: standard.2010.06.18

"Business is coming. Investment is coming. And what does this mean? This means jobs,my friend.

VOA: standard.2009.09.13

And you're trying to deal with, 'Oh,my gosh,there's the war, and this friend of our family has been killed,' or 'Do I want to go to the prom?'" And then, walking with my Marine father, wounded Marine, that's why he wasn't active duty, walking with him,and here he's a football coach at Cal , so if we go to an athletic event, there would be people painting their signs over in a corner of the parking lot or something and I'd be walking along and I'd be thinking that it was my job to protect my dad from the protesters.

VOA: standard.2010.05.31